The Great Gulf: Fishermen, Scientists, and the Struggle to Revive the World's Greatest Fishery

David Dobbs

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Langue : anglais

Edité par Island Press: Shearwater Books, Washington DC, 2000

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First Edition (2000) , not directly stated, but First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence, according to Island Press's customary practice at the time of publication. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ: The Book shows only mild shelving wear to the lower extremities; the binding leans ever so slightly when remaining perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing minor, unobtrusive imperfections. Bright and clean. The DJ price has been clipped; else flawless; mylar-protected. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo (9.25 x 6.25 x 1 inches) . Language: English. Weight: 17 ounces. Hardback with DJ. For hundreds of years, the New England cod fishery was one of the most productive in the world, with higher average annual landings than any comparable ocean area. But in the late 1980s, fish catches dropped precipitously, as the cod, flounder, and other species that had long dominated the region seemed to lose their ability to recover from the massive annual harvests. With great immediacy, he describes the history of the fisheries science in this most studied of oceans, and takes the reader on a series of forays over the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank on both fishing boats and research vessels. Complexity, vividly portraying the vitality of an uncontrollable, ultimately unknowable sea and its strange, frightening, and beautiful creatures on the one hand, and on the other, the smart, irrepressible, unpredictable people who work there with great joy and humor, refusing to surrender to the many reasons for despair or cynicism. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; xv, 206 pages.…

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Titre
The Great Gulf: Fishermen, Scientists, and the Struggle to Revive the World's Greatest Fishery
Auteur
David Dobbs
Éditeur
Island Press: Shearwater Books, Washington DC
Année de publication
2000
État de l'article
Very Good+
Jaquette
Very Good+
Reliure
Hardcover
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
1559636637
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9781559636636
Édition
First Edition; First Printing.

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