Billion-dollar fish : the untold story of Alaska pollock /
Bailey, Kevin McLean,
Billion-dollar fish : the untold story of Alaska pollock / Kevin M. Bailey. - x, 271 pages ; 24 scm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-263) and index.
Introduction : white gold fever -- A historical background : from an inexhaustible ocean to the three-mile limit -- Fishing the high seas : Japan and the Soviet Union develop the Alaska pollock fishery -- Americanization! : the rush for white gold and the developing fishery -- An empty donut hole : the great collapse of a north pacific pollock stock -- Viking invasion : Norway's link to the pollock industry -- A new fish on the block : advancing knowledge of pollock biology -- A new ocean : changing concepts of ocean production and management of fisheries -- Factories of doom : the pollock fishing industry clashes with the environment -- All in the family : Olympic fishing and domestic strife in the industry -- Bridge over troubled water : tranquility after the American Fisheries Act -- Alaska pollock's challenging future.
9780226022345
2012044795
Pollock fisheries--History--20th century.
Walleye pollock--Effect of fishing on.
SH351.W32 / B35 2013
639.3/772
Billion-dollar fish : the untold story of Alaska pollock / Kevin M. Bailey. - x, 271 pages ; 24 scm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-263) and index.
Introduction : white gold fever -- A historical background : from an inexhaustible ocean to the three-mile limit -- Fishing the high seas : Japan and the Soviet Union develop the Alaska pollock fishery -- Americanization! : the rush for white gold and the developing fishery -- An empty donut hole : the great collapse of a north pacific pollock stock -- Viking invasion : Norway's link to the pollock industry -- A new fish on the block : advancing knowledge of pollock biology -- A new ocean : changing concepts of ocean production and management of fisheries -- Factories of doom : the pollock fishing industry clashes with the environment -- All in the family : Olympic fishing and domestic strife in the industry -- Bridge over troubled water : tranquility after the American Fisheries Act -- Alaska pollock's challenging future.
9780226022345
2012044795
Pollock fisheries--History--20th century.
Walleye pollock--Effect of fishing on.
SH351.W32 / B35 2013
639.3/772