Swimming in Circles: Aquaculture and the End of Wild Oceans
by Paul Molyneaux
On This Page
Description
Expanding on the author's year-long study of the shrimp and salmon aquaculture industries as an Alicia Patterson Foundation Fellow, the book lays out the rationale behind aquaculture development: increasing the world food supply and creating jobs in areas hard hit by declining landings in wild fisheries. However, reality is something else entirely: ravaged ecosystems and bankrupted local economies. The author expands on his existing case studies, near his homes in eastern Maine, and show more Sonora,Mexico, and links them to events in other parts of the world. The author's 30 years experience in fisheries and aquaculture qualifies him to weigh the rhetoric and sift out the truth of this story. In six years as a freelance journalist, writing for the New York Times, Yankee, National Fisherman, and other publications, he has managed to describe complex material in an interesting and palatable style. show lessTags
Members
- Recently Added By
Author Information
5 Works 77 Members
Paul Molyneaux is the author of The Doryman's Reflection and Swimming in Circles. He writes about commercial fishing for the New York Times and other publications and won a 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship to study sustainable fisheries in India, Chile, and Iceland. He and his family live in Maine and Mexico.
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Economics, Science & Nature
- DDC/MDS
- 333.956 — Society, government, & culture Economics Economics of land and energy Other natural resources Biofuel, biodiversity, wildlife refuges Fish & Seafood
- LCC
- SH334 .M55 — Agriculture Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling Fisheries Fishery processing
- BISAC
Statistics
- Members
- 19
- Popularity
- 1,336,928
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 2
- ASINs
- 2
