The Empty Ocean
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: July 18, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 375
ISBN-13: 9781559639743
Subjects: Conservation of the environment; Environmentalist thought & ideology; Sea & seashore life; Natural History; General; Marine Ecology; Nature/Ecology; Nature; Environmental Studies; Marine animals; Marine Life; Life Sciences - Biology - Marine Biology; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Oceans & Seas; Nature / Oceans & Seas; Commercial fishing; Endangered species; Environmental aspects; Fishing
First sentence: Once upon a time, gray whales fed in the cold waters off Iceland and Greenland and migrated south-perhaps to the Bay of Biscay or even to the English Channel-to breed.