World without fish
Kurlansky, Mark2014
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Written by a master storyteller, "World Without Fish" connects all the dots--biology, economics, evolution, politics, climate, history, culture, food, and nutrition--in a way that kids can really understand. It describes how the fish we most commonly eat, including tuna, salmon, cod, swordfish--even anchovies-- could disappear within fifty years, and the domino effect it would have: the oceans teeming with jellyfish and turning pinkish orange from algal blooms, the seabirds disappearing, then reptiles, then mammals. It describes the back-and-forth dynamic of fishermen, who are the original environmentalists, and scientists, who not that long ago considered fish an endless resource. It explains why fish farming is not the answer--and why sustainable fishing is, and how to help return the oceans to their natural ecological balance. Interwoven with the book is a twelve-page full-color graphic novel. Each beautifully illustrated chapter opener links to the next to form a larger fictional story that perfectly complements the text.
Main title:
World without fish / Mark Kurlansky ; illustrated by Frank Stockton.
Author:
Imprint:
New York, N.Y. : Workman Publishing, 2014, c2011.New York, N.Y. : Workman Publishing, 2014.©2011.
Collation:
xxiii, 183 pages : color illustrations, ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Audience:
Ages 12+.
ISBN:
9780761185000 (paperback)
Dewey class:
333.956
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2600699