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#668298 in Books Bolster W Jeffrey 2014-05-05Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.10 x 1.10 x 6.10l; .84 #File Name: 0674283961416 pagesThe Mortal Sea Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful. taking history offshoreBy jjohn the seafarerJeff Bolster writes about the sea as few know how to do. He demolishes the myth of theeternal sea; showing how much the North Atlantic has changed over hundreds of years of humanexploitation. He knows his fish; but he also knows the fishers. This is environmental andsocial history of the highest order; a decisive intervention in the current debates aboutour future relationship to the oceans. It takes history offshore; and returns it richerfor the voyage into this largely unknown past.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Obligatory to environmental managersBy Marcio L. Silva GamaWe usually think that we humans have the capacity to learn from mistakes and look forward to set up better living conditions at long term timescales. This book shows us that we overrate ourselves. Fishing management is a classical example of mismanagement and conflicts between science and politics; where short term interests; maximizing profits; are always more important than provide limits to exploitation of resources former known as renewables.Unfortunetly this is not a book that makes hopes arise. Well funded in historical statistics and strong evidences of collective blindness; it confirms a tendency to oceans' death in few decades.Can we humans learn from history?1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. An incredibly comprehensive story our impact on the Atlantic.By MostynI bought this book because it looked like it would have some interesting tales of shipping on the Atlantic.However it gives an incredibly detailed history of how successive generations have been destroying the fisheries of the Atlantic ocean. The book makes it clear how as far back as the first generations to migrate to America; the oceans have been deteriorating. Each generation has looked back at its early years as a baseline and lamented the destruction of the oceans. But the cumulative effect of generation upon generation of losses is unimaginable.I found the book heavy going. It tends to go on and on about the same point. But still; it makes a very important point about the degradation of marine environments and makes clear the need to do more to improve the state of our oceans.
