Swimming in circles
Subtitle: aquaculture and the end of wild oceans
By: Paul Molyneaux.
Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781560257561
Subjects: Aquaculture industry -- Economic aspects; Fisheries -- Economic aspects; Fish culture -- Economic aspects
Other titles: Aquaculture and the end of wild oceans
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 as evidenced in ravaged ecosystems and bankrupted local economies. The author expands on his existing case studies, near his homes in eastern Maine, and Sonora, Mexico, and links them to events in other parts of the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-342).