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.