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_b.C58 2008
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100 1 _aClover, Charles
245 1 4 _aThe end of the line
_b: how overfishing is changing the world and what we eat
_c/ Charles Clover
260 _aBerkeley
_b: University of California Press
_c, 2008.
300 _aviii, 386 p.
_c; 22 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [351-361]) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: 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.
520 _aIn 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.
650 0 _aFisheries
942 _cMO
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