Bolster, W. Jeffrey

The mortal sea : fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail / Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail W. Jeffrey Bolster. - Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012. - xi, 378 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-333) and index.

Prologue : the historic ocean -- Depleted European seas and the discovery of America -- Plucking the low-hanging fruit -- The sea serpent and the mackerel jig -- Making the case for caution -- Waves in a troubled sea -- An avalanche of cheap fish -- Epilogue : changes in the sea.

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Fisheries--History.--North Atlantic Ocean
Fishers--History.--North Atlantic Ocean
Pesca--Historia.--Océano Atlántico
Pescadores--Historia.--Océano Atlántico
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Atlantic Coast (New England)--History.
Atlantic Coast (Canada)--History.

SH 213.5 / B693m 2012

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