Billion-dollar fish : the untold story of Alaska pollock

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Billion-dollar fish : the untold story of Alaska pollock

Title remainder

the untold story of Alaska pollock

Statement of responsibility

Kevin M. Bailey

Creator

• trueBailey, Kevin McLean

Author

• trueBailey, Kevin McLean

Subject

• trueFishing industry and trade
• truePollock fisheries
• trueFisheries
• trueWalleye pollock
• Walleye pollock -- Effect of fishing on
• Pollock fisheries -- History -- 20th century
• trueFishes

Language

eng

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

Cataloging source

ICU/DLC

Dewey number

639.3/772

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• plates

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography