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The Most Important Fish in the Sea

by Bruce H. Franklin
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In this brilliant portrait of the oceans' unlikely hero, H. Bruce Franklin shows how menhaden have shaped America's national-and natural-history, and why reckless overfishing now threatens their place in both. Since Native Americans began using menhaden as fertilizer, this amazing fish has greased the wheels of U.S. agriculture and industry. By the mid-1870s, menhaden had replaced whales as a principal source of industrial lubricant, with hundreds of ships and dozens of factories along the eastern seaboard working feverishly to produce fish oil. Since the Civil War, menhaden have provided the largest catch of any American fishery.

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Publisher: Island Press Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781597262651
  • File size: 224722 KB
  • Release date: July 12, 2007
  • Duration: 07:48:10

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  • ISBN: 9781597262651
  • File size: 224984 KB
  • Release date: July 12, 2007
  • Duration: 07:48:06
  • Number of parts: 9
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In this brilliant portrait of the oceans' unlikely hero, H. Bruce Franklin shows how menhaden have shaped America's national-and natural-history, and why reckless overfishing now threatens their place in both. Since Native Americans began using menhaden as fertilizer, this amazing fish has greased the wheels of U.S. agriculture and industry. By the mid-1870s, menhaden had replaced whales as a principal source of industrial lubricant, with hundreds of ships and dozens of factories along the eastern seaboard working feverishly to produce fish oil. Since the Civil War, menhaden have provided the largest catch of any American fishery.

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History Nonfiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Island Press
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9781597262651
    File size: 224722 KB
    Release date: July 12, 2007
    Duration: 07:48:10

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9781597262651
    File size: 224984 KB
    Release date: July 12, 2007
    Duration: 07:48:06
    Number of parts: 9

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