Billion-dollar fish : the untold story of Alaska pollock /

Billion-dollar fish : the untold story of Alaska pollock /

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Author / Creator:	Bailey, Kevin McLean, author.
Imprint:	Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013. ©2013
Description:	x, 271 pages, 20 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Pollock fisheries -- History -- 20th century. Walleye pollock -- Effect of fishing on. Pollock fisheries. History.
Format:	Print Book
Local Note:	University of Chicago Library copy 1 has original dust jacket.
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9130862

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ISBN:	9780226022345 (cloth : alkaline paper) 022602234X (cloth : alkaline paper) 9780226022482 (e-book) 022602248X (e-book)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-263) and index.
Summary:	"Alaska pollock is everywhere. If you're eating fish but you don't know what kind it is, it's almost certainly pollock. Prized for its generic fish taste, pollock masquerades as crab meat in california rolls and seafood salads, and it feeds millions as fish sticks in school cafeterias and Filet-O-Fish sandwiches at McDonald's. That ubiquity has made pollock the most lucrative fish harvest in America--the fishery in the United States alone has an annual value of over one billion dollars. But even as the money rolls in, pollock is in trouble: in the last few years, the pollock population has declined by more than half, and some scientists are predicting the fishery's eventual collapse. Crucial to understanding the pollock fishery, he shows, is recognizing what aspects of its natural history make pollock so very desirable to fish, while at the same time making it resilient, yet highly vulnerable to overfishing. Bailey delves into the science, politics, and economics surrounding Alaska pollock in the Bering Sea, detailing the development of the fishery, the various political machinations that have led to its current management, and, perhaps most important, its impending demise. He approaches his subject from multiple angles, bringing in the perspectives of fishermen, politicians, environmentalists, and biologists, and drawing on revealing interviews with players who range from Greenpeace activists to fishing industry lawyers."--Amazon.

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Call Number:	SH351.W32 B35 2013
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