Clover, Charles

The end of the line : how overfishing is changing the world and what we eat / Charles Clover - Berkeley : University of California Press , 2008. - viii, 386 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [351-361]) and index.

Introduction: The price of fish -- Nailing the lie -- Feeding frenzy -- Robbing the poor to feed the rich -- Sea of troubles -- Mighty seaman -- The last frontier -- The inexhaustible sea? -- After the gold rush -- Law and the commons -- The slime trail -- Dining with the big fish -- Death in a can -- Problem of extinction -- Death of the cowboy -- Don't feed the fish -- A rod to beat them with -- McMeals forever -- Burning the midnight oil -- The theft of the sea -- Reclaiming the sea.

In a single human lifetime, says British journalist Clover, overfishing has inflicted a crisis on the oceans greater than any yet caused by pollution. He takes readers on a journey around the world to explore the various dimensions and controversies, and to reveal the extent of the damage inflicted in order to satisfy consumers' appetite for fish.

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SH327.5 / .C58 2008

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