Four Fish
by Paul Greenberg
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- ISBN 10
- 1594202567
- ISBN 13
- 9781594202568
- Seller
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About This Item
In the last few decades, humankind's relationship with the ocean has undergone a remarkable change. The environmental impact of commercial fishing and the advent of extensive fish farming have led to grave and widespread concerns about the uncertain future of wild fish. We are on the precipice of a cataclysm; there is a distinct possibility that our children's children will never eat a wild fish that has swum freely in the ocean. Are we on the brink of fishing every edible species of fish into extinction? And if so, how can we prevent such a disaster?
Paul Greenberg, a journalist who writes regularly for The New York Times Magazine and National Geographic, fears that we've reduced the natural variety of fish we consume to just four species: bass, cod, salmon, and tuna — and that, as a result of this lack of imagination coupled with an insatiable thirst for protein, we are dangerously overfishing every one of them. In Four Fish, he deftly uses these fish as a lens to provide a state of the ocean; traveling the world from Alaska's wild salmon runs to the massive fish farms of Vietnam, he explores the history of these four species as he examines where each stands at this critical moment in time.
In Four Fish, Greenberg seeks to determine whether we can bring these four beloved fish back from the edge of extinction. His conclusion? With government intervention, proper management, and above all, public awareness about the fish on our plate, there is hope yet that our troubled relationship with the ocean and the fish we find in it can be mended.
Synopsis
"A necessary book for anyone truly interested in what we take from the sea to eat, and how, and why." -Sam Sifton, The New York Times Book Review . Writer and life-long fisherman Paul Greenberg takes us on a journey, examining the four fish that dominate our menus: salmon, sea bass, cod, and tuna. Investigating the forces that get fish to our dinner tables, Greenberg reveals our damaged relationship with the ocean and its inhabitants. Just three decades ago, nearly everything we ate from the sea was wild. Today, rampant overfishing and an unprecedented biotech revolution have brought us to a point where wild and farmed fish occupy equal parts of a complex marketplace. Four Fish offers a way for us to move toward a future in which healthy and sustainable seafood is the rule rather than the exception.
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- The Vespiary Book Restoration & Bindery (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SQ1970103
- Title
- Four Fish
- Author
- Paul Greenberg
- Format/Binding
- Extensive underlining/highlighting
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1594202567
- ISBN 13
- 9781594202568
- Publisher
- The Penguin Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010-07
- Keywords
- fish, fishing, extinction, sustainability, history
- Bookseller catalogs
- Food/Cooking;
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