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Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky Publisher Comments A delightful romp through history with all its economic forces laid bare, Cod is the biography of a single species of fish, but it may as well be a world history with this humble fish as its recurring main character. Cod, it turns out, is the reason... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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Salt in Our Blood by Michele Longo Eder Publisher Comments The life of a fisherman can be a treacherous one filled with peril and potential death. "Salt in Our Blood: The Memoir of a Fisherman's Wife" is the reflections of a homemaker when the family business is doing a job with a shockingly high mortality rate.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hooked: Pirates, Poaching, and the Perfect Fish by G Bruce Knecht Publisher Comments This modern pirate yarn has all the makings of a great true adventure tale and is also an exploration of the ways our culinary tastes have all manner of unintended consequences for the world around us. Hooked is a story about the poaching of the... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Hungry Ocean by Linda Greenlaw Publisher Comments In The Perfect Storm, Sebastian Junger describes Linda Greenlaw as "one of the best sea captains, period, on the East Coast." Now Greenlaw tells her own riveting story of a thirty-day swordfishing voyage aboard one of the best-outfitted boats on the East... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $4.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Skipjack: The Story of America's Last Sailing Oystermen by Christopher White Synopsis White chronicles a pivotal year spent with three captains as they struggle to control the fate of their island villages and oyster fleet. Through these lively characters, White paints a vivid picture of life on a skipjack, a wooden oystering sailboat, as... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Story of Sushi: An Unlikely Saga of Raw Fish and Rice (P.S.) by Trevor Corson Publisher Comments Everything you never knew about sushi—its surprising origins, the colorful lives of its chefs, and the bizarre behavior of the creatures that compose it Trevor Corson takes us behind the scenes at America's first sushi-chef training academy, as... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Nights of Ice: True Stories of Disaster and Survival on Alaska's High Seas by Spike Walker Publisher Comments Collected for the first time in Nights of Ice, these eight true stories recount the harrowing ordeals of those who haul fish aboard Alaskan fishing vessels. As workers in one of the world's most dangerous - and lucrative - professions, the crewmen in... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Time Bandit: Two Brothers, the Bering Sea, and One of the World's Deadliest Jobs by Andy Hillstrand Publisher Comments Every Alaskan king crab season, brothers Andy and Johnathan Hillstrand risk their lives and seek their fortunes upon the treacherous waters of the Bering Sea. Sons of a hard-bitten, highly successful fisherman, and born with brine in their blood, the... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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Deadliest Catch: Desperate Hours by Dan Weeks Publisher Comments Tales of heroics, wrecks and rescues are all captured in this unique collection of epic tales that will have fans of the show and readers alike setting sail for adventures on the frigid Bering Sea.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean by Trevor Corson Publisher Comments In this intimate portrait of an island lobstering community and an eccentric band of renegade biologists, journalist Trevor Corson escorts the reader onto the slippery decks of fishing boats, through danger-filled scuba dives, and deep into the churning... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Common Fate Endangered Salmon & the Peop by Joseph Cone Synopsis Science writer Cone traces the dramatic history of the current salmon crisis.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Bear of the Sea: Giant Jim Pattillo and the Roaring Years of the Gloucester-Nova Scotia Fishery by Joseph E Garland Publisher Comments The true story of a legendary sea captain, Jim Pattillo, from Gloucester, Massachusetts.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America's Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town by Mark Kurlansky Publisher Comments A marvelous, compelling tale(Rocky Mountain News) from the New York Times bestselling author of Salt and Cod. Gloucester, Massachusetts, America's oldest fishing port, is defined by the culture of commercial fishing. But the threat of over-fishing... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier by Colin Woodard Publisher Comments This lively book reveals a little known culture that predates the Pilgrims and has remained true to the earliest version of the American Dream: an egalitarian, self-reliant republic. The self-sufficient lobstermen of the Maine coast are models of... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Lobster Chronicles: Life on a Very Small Island by Linda Greenlaw Publisher Comments Greenlaw returns to Isle au Haut--a tiny Maine island with a population of 70 year-round residents, 30 of whom are Greenlaw's relatives.... (read more) List Price $30.95 Your price: $7.25 Used - Hardcover
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Adaptive Governance: The Dynamics of Atlantic Fisheries Management (Global Environmental Accord: Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation) by D G Webster Publisher Comments The rapid expansion of the fishing industry in the last century has raised major concerns over the long-term viability of many fish species. International fisheries organizations have failed to prevent the overfishing of many stocks but succeeded in... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $22.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey by Linda Greenlaw Publisher Comments Greenlaw tells her own riveting story of a 30-day swordfishing voyage, complete with danger, humor, and characters so colorful they could have been ripped from the pages of "Moby Dick."... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Statistics for Aquaculture by Ram C Bhujel Book News Annotation Bhujel (aquaculture and aquatic resources, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand) provides a statistics textbook for researchers in the aquaculture field who need to design experiments, survey research, analyze data and interpret and present... (read more) List Price $100.00 Your price: $67.00 New - Hardcover
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Caviar: The Strange History and Uncertain Future of the World's Most Coveted Delicacy by Inga Saffron Publisher Comments In the tradition of Cod and Olives: a fascinating journey into the hidden history, culture, and commerce of caviar. Once merely a substitute for meat during religious fasts, today caviar is an icon of luxury and wealth. In Caviar, Inga Saffron tells, for... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Sunken Billions: The Economic Justification for Fisheries Reform (Agriculture and Rural Development) by Food And Agriculture Organization World Bank Book News Annotation Written for policymakers, economists and anyone with a vested interest in the fishing industry, this book examines the gap between the net economic benefits in marine fisheries and potential earnings due to the "massive overcapacity of the global... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $17.39 New - Trade Paper
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