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    Title
    The Ocean of Life
    Subtitle
    The Fate of Man and the Sea
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Dr. Callum Roberts
    Physical properties
    Format: Hardback
    Number of pages: 405
    Width: 163 mm
    Height: 241 mm
    Thickness: 36 mm
    Weight: 676 g
    Audience
    College/higher education
    General/trade
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9780670023547
    ISBN 10: 067002354X
    Classifications
    BISAC category code: SCI020000
    Dewey: 551.46
    BISAC category code: SCI052000
    BICMainSubject: RBKC
    BICMainSubject: WNCS1
    BICMainSubject: PSAF
    Dewey: 551.46
    BISAC category code: NAT025000
    BISAC category code: NAT011000
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: T8.1
    BICMainSubject: RNK
    Publisher
    Penguin Putnam Inc
    Imprint name
    Penguin USA
    Publication date
    24 May 2012
    Publication City/Country
    New York, NY/US
    Review quote
    "Roberts imparts his vast knowledge with a consummate talent for colorful narrative and devastating facts. His book will be required reading for anyone who cares about the oceans--not least because, as well as underlining the scale of the problems, he offers us the hope of real solutions." --Philip Hoare, author of "The Whale: In Search of the Giants of the Sea"
    Biographical note
    Callum Roberts is the author of "The Unnatural History of the Sea," a "Washington Post" Book of the Year and winner of the Rachel Carson Environment Book Award. Professor of marine conservation at the University of York. He has appeared in several documentaries, including "America Before Columbus" and "The End of the Line," and is a board member of Seaweb, a U.S.-based environmental group. He lives in England.
    Main description
    A Silent Spring for oceans, written by "the Rachel Carson of the fish world" (The New York Times) Who can forget the sense of wonder with which they discovered the creatures of the deep? In this vibrant hymn to the sea, Callum Roberts—one of the world’s foremost conservation biologists—leads readers on a fascinating tour of mankind’s relationship to the sea, from the earliest traces of water on earth to the oceans as we know them today. In the process, Roberts looks at how the taming of the oceans has shaped human civilization and affected marine life. We have always been fish eaters, from the dawn of civilization, but in the last twenty years we have transformed the oceans beyond recognition. Putting our exploitation of the seas into historical context, Roberts offers a devastating account of the impact of modern fishing techniques, pollution, and climate change, and reveals what it would take to steer the right course while there is still time. Like Four Fish and The Omnivore’s Dilemma, The Ocean of Life takes a long view to tell a story in which each one of us has a role to play.