The mortal sea : fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail /

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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 impac...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Bolster, W. Jeffrey
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, ©2012.
Sujets:
Fisheries > North Atlantic Ocean > History.
Fishers > North Atlantic Ocean > History.
Fishery management > North Atlantic Ocean > History.
Marine biodiversity > North Atlantic Ocean > History.
Pêches > Atlantique Nord > Histoire.
Pêcheurs > Atlantique Nord > Histoire.
Pêches > Gestion > Atlantique Nord > Histoire.
Biodiversité marine > Atlantique Nord > Histoire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Fisheries & Aquaculture.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Fisheries
Fishers
Fishery management
Marine biodiversity
Atlantic Coast (New England) > History.
Atlantic Coast (Canada) > History.
Atlantique, Côte de l' (Nouvelle-Angleterre) > Histoire.
Atlantique, Côte de l' (Canada) > Histoire.
Canada > Atlantic Coast
New England > Atlantic Coast
North Atlantic Ocean
Multi-User.
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Prologue : the historic ocean
  • Depleted European seas and the discovery of America
  • Plucking the low-hanging fruit
  • The sea serpent and the mackerel jig
  • Making the case for caution
  • Waves in a troubled sea
  • An avalanche of cheap fish
  • Epilogue : changes in the sea.

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