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Salmon

Hardcover • 2020 • English • 1. edition

Salmon: a fish, the earth, and the history of a common fat

By Mark Kurlansky

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About the book

Most of what we do on land ends up impacting the ocean, but never is that clearer than when we look at salmon. Centuries of our greatest assaults on nature, from overfishing to dams, from hatcheries to fish farms, from industrial pollution to the ravages of climate change, can be seen in their harrowing yet awe-inspiring life cycle. From the Pacific to the Atlantic, through Scotland, Ireland, Norway, Iceland, Japan and Siberia, Mark Kurlansky traces the history of the world through his fish-eye ...Show more

Zoology: fishes (ichthyology)
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ISBN

9781786078520

Publisher

Oneworld

Published year

2020

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Salmon

Format

Hardcover

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