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The Mortal Sea : Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (413 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674067219
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Mortal SeaDDC classification:
  • 639.209163/1
LOC classification:
  • SH213
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue: The Historic Ocean -- 1. Depleted European Seas and the Discovery of America -- 2. Plucking the Low-Hanging Fruit -- 3. The Sea Serpent and the Mackerel Jig -- 4. Making the Case for Caution -- 5. Waves in a Troubled Sea -- 6. An Avalanche of Cheap Fish -- Epilogue: Changes in the Sea -- Appendix: Figures -- Notes -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: Since the time of the Vikings, the Atlantic has shaped the lives of people who depend on it for survival, and people have shaped the Atlantic. In his account of this interdependency, Bolster, a historian and professional seafarer, takes us through a millennium-long environmental history of our impact on one of the largest ecosystems in the world.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue: The Historic Ocean -- 1. Depleted European Seas and the Discovery of America -- 2. Plucking the Low-Hanging Fruit -- 3. The Sea Serpent and the Mackerel Jig -- 4. Making the Case for Caution -- 5. Waves in a Troubled Sea -- 6. An Avalanche of Cheap Fish -- Epilogue: Changes in the Sea -- Appendix: Figures -- Notes -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Since the time of the Vikings, the Atlantic has shaped the lives of people who depend on it for survival, and people have shaped the Atlantic. In his account of this interdependency, Bolster, a historian and professional seafarer, takes us through a millennium-long environmental history of our impact on one of the largest ecosystems in the world.

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