Billion-dollar fish : the untold story of Alaska pollock

9780226022345
022602234X

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

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