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World without fish how could we let this happen?

Examines the threats to the survival of fish in the world's oceans, discussing the damage caused by various types of fishing equipment, the impact of politics on the regulation of fishing, and the harmful effects of overfishing, pollution, and global warming.

Main Author: Kurlansky, Mark.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Workman Pub., c2011.
Subjects:
Rare fishes > Juvenile nonfiction.
Sustainable fisheries > Juvenile nonfiction.
Overfishing > Juvenile nonfiction.
Summary: Examines the threats to the survival of fish in the world's oceans, discussing the damage caused by various types of fishing equipment, the impact of politics on the regulation of fishing, and the harmful effects of overfishing, pollution, and global warming.
Item Description: Includes index.
Physical Description: xxiii, 183 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780761156079 (alk. paper)
0761156070 (alk. paper)
9780761165941 (pbk.)
0761165940 (pbk.)
Author Notes: Mark Kurlansky is the author of The Basque History of the World, the New York Times bestseller Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (among the New York Public Library's Best Books of the Year in 1998), as well as A Chosen Few: The Resurrection of European Jewry; A Continent of Islands: Searching for the Caribbean Destiny, and several acclaimed works of short fiction and journalism about the Caribbean. He spent seven years as the Caribbean correspondent for the Chicago Tribune.

He lives in New York City.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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