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"Rough Waters: Alaska to Oregon, Small Fishermen's Battle" is for the great numbers of people drawn to fish, fishing, fishermen and their communities. But beyond those always engaging topics is the worry today over our fisheries' sustainability. The warming of our oceans, the politics and management issues are part of the growing public concern. For coastal people, especially, and river lovers too, the changes can't be ignored. Fishermen of the small-boat fleets (salmon, crab, halibut and cod, through nets, pots, troll and longlines are the ones particularly covered here) are the canaries in our giant watery coal mines. And they are always in competition with the industrial fleets and their lobbyists.The communities of the small-boat fleets are also at risk. Especially the youth are floundering--the ones who had planned to take over their folks' beloved livelihood. The transfer of permits and licenses to owners who never fish is evidence. The plight of specific fishing families described here will be familiar to those who come from a small-farming background."Rough Waters" presents all this graphically through a blend of on-the-dock interviews, the author’s personal experience, historical photos and extensive research. It reveals the threats to a livelihood that for generations has been a huge part of the Northwest Coast mystique.
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North Pacific, Alaska, Oregon, British Columbia, coastal fisheries, wild salmon, halibut, crabbing, cod, small fleet fishermen, fishing communities, fisheries policy, NOAA, climate change, sustainabilityPlaces
Alaska, Astoria Oregon, Nome, British Columbia, Fraser River, Columbia RiverTimes
1800s to 21st centuryShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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Rough Waters: Alaska to Oregon -- Small Fishermen's Battle
2021, Far Eastern Press, Seattle
Paperback
in English
0967884284 9780967884288
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"Pacific Chinook salmon is the glamour fish of the North Pacific, a living icon for the western conservationist public."
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This is an updated version of an earlier work titled Rough Waters: Our North Pacific Small Fishermen's Battle
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