Bluebacks and Silver Brights: a Lifetime in the BC Fisheries from Bounty to Plunder |
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| Author:
| Safarik, Norman
Safarik, Allan |
| ISBN: | 978-1-306-03053-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2012 |
| Publisher: | ECW Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $20.34 |
Book Description:
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More than a history of the Vancouver fishing industry, this collection of adventures set on the Pacific Ocean also serves as a compelling memoir. With dozens of salty tales of hardworking and hard-living fishermen and fish-industry workers, this is the story of West Coast fishing from the Strait of Georgia, down to Steinbeck's Cannery Row, and even a look into New York's old-time, mob-controlled fish markets. With wisdom and insight, the tales also serve as an ecological warning,...
More DescriptionMore than a history of the Vancouver fishing industry, this collection of adventures set on the Pacific Ocean also serves as a compelling memoir. With dozens of salty tales of hardworking and hard-living fishermen and fish-industry workers, this is the story of West Coast fishing from the Strait of Georgia, down to Steinbeck's Cannery Row, and even a look into New York's old-time, mob-controlled fish markets. With wisdom and insight, the tales also serve as an ecological warning, recalling the lost bounty of Canada's natural resources of a century ago and their possible extinction today at the hands of government mismanagement and overfishing.