The living shore : rediscovering a lost world /
Jacobsen, Rowan.
New York : Bloomsbury,
2009.
A marine scientist, together with Rowan and a conservancy group interested in habitat restoration, suggests a possible blueprint for cleaning up our oceans by observing an isolated pocket of oysters living on the western side of Vancouver Island.
A marine scientist, together with Rowan and a conservancy group interested in habitat restoration, suggests a possible blueprint for cleaning up our oceans by observing an isolated pocket of oysters living on the western side of Vancouver Island.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Tides -- First contact -- White gold -- Ghost creatures -- The engineer of the estuary -- In search of a vintage Ferrari -- How to kill a bay -- Why here and not there? -- Abundance -- America's first banquet -- The food that made us human -- Maps and mazes.
Oyster culture
Oyster fisheries
Olympia oyster