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Author Bolster, W. Jeffrey.

Title The mortal sea : fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail / W. Jeffrey Bolster.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 378 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-333) and index.
Contents 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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Fisheries -- North Atlantic Ocean -- History.
Fisheries.
North Atlantic Ocean.
History.
Fishers -- North Atlantic Ocean -- History.
Fishers.
Fishery management -- North Atlantic Ocean -- History.
Fishery management.
Marine biodiversity -- North Atlantic Ocean -- History.
Marine biodiversity.
Atlantic Coast (New England) -- History.
Atlantic Coast (Canada) -- History.
Indexed Term Multi-User.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Added Title Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail
Other Form: Print version: Bolster, W. Jeffrey. Mortal sea. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, ©2012 9780674047655 (DLC) 2012010747 (OCoLC)780415768
ISBN 9780674067219 (electronic book)
0674067215 (electronic book)
9780674047655
0674047656