Author: G. Brown Goode
Publisher: Barlow Press
ISBN: 9781447467052
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
This antiquarian volume contains a history of the menhaden, published under the auspices of the American Fisheries Association in 1880, with an account of the agricultural uses of fish. The menhaden, also known as mossbunker, bunker, and pogy, is any forage fish of the genera 'Brevoortia' and 'Ethmidium'; two genera of marine fish in the family 'Clupeidae'. This book will be of considerable value to those with a interest in this species of fish, and it makes for a worthy addition to serious collections of related literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Object of the Memoir', 'Means Employed in Gathering Informatory', 'Sources of Information', 'Popular Names', 'Description of the American Species of Brevoortia with Anatomical and Physiological Notes', et cetera. This text is being republished now complete with a new, specially-commissioned introduction on the history of fishing.
A History of the Menhaden - With an Account of the Agricultural Uses of Fish
Author: G. Brown Goode
Publisher: Barlow Press
ISBN: 9781447467052
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
This antiquarian volume contains a history of the menhaden, published under the auspices of the American Fisheries Association in 1880, with an account of the agricultural uses of fish. The menhaden, also known as mossbunker, bunker, and pogy, is any forage fish of the genera 'Brevoortia' and 'Ethmidium'; two genera of marine fish in the family 'Clupeidae'. This book will be of considerable value to those with a interest in this species of fish, and it makes for a worthy addition to serious collections of related literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Object of the Memoir', 'Means Employed in Gathering Informatory', 'Sources of Information', 'Popular Names', 'Description of the American Species of Brevoortia with Anatomical and Physiological Notes', et cetera. This text is being republished now complete with a new, specially-commissioned introduction on the history of fishing.
Publisher: Barlow Press
ISBN: 9781447467052
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
This antiquarian volume contains a history of the menhaden, published under the auspices of the American Fisheries Association in 1880, with an account of the agricultural uses of fish. The menhaden, also known as mossbunker, bunker, and pogy, is any forage fish of the genera 'Brevoortia' and 'Ethmidium'; two genera of marine fish in the family 'Clupeidae'. This book will be of considerable value to those with a interest in this species of fish, and it makes for a worthy addition to serious collections of related literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Object of the Memoir', 'Means Employed in Gathering Informatory', 'Sources of Information', 'Popular Names', 'Description of the American Species of Brevoortia with Anatomical and Physiological Notes', et cetera. This text is being republished now complete with a new, specially-commissioned introduction on the history of fishing.
A History of the Menhaden. with an Account of the Agricultural Uses of Fish by W. O. Atwater, and an Introduction, Bringing the Subject Down to Date
Author: George Brown Goode
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780608357713
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780608357713
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
American Fisheries
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Languages : en
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A History of the Menhaden
Author: George Brown Goode
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Category : Menhaden fisheries
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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Category : Menhaden fisheries
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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Author: H. Bruce Franklin
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1597261947
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
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. Today, one company—Omega Protein—has a monopoly on the menhaden “reduction industry.” Every year it sweeps billions of fish from the sea, grinds them up, and turns them into animal feed, fertilizer, and oil used in everything from linoleum to health-food supplements. The massive harvest wouldn’t be such a problem if menhaden were only good for making lipstick and soap. But they are crucial to the diet of bigger fish and they filter the waters of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, playing an essential dual role in marine ecology perhaps unmatched anywhere on the planet. As their numbers have plummeted, fish and birds dependent on them have been decimatedand toxic algae have begun to choke our bays and seas. In Franklin’s vibrant prose, the decline of a once ubiquitous fish becomes an adventure story, an exploration of the U.S. political economy, a groundbreaking history of America’s emerging ecological consciousness, and an inspiring vision of a growing alliance between environmentalists and recreational anglers.
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1597261947
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
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. Today, one company—Omega Protein—has a monopoly on the menhaden “reduction industry.” Every year it sweeps billions of fish from the sea, grinds them up, and turns them into animal feed, fertilizer, and oil used in everything from linoleum to health-food supplements. The massive harvest wouldn’t be such a problem if menhaden were only good for making lipstick and soap. But they are crucial to the diet of bigger fish and they filter the waters of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, playing an essential dual role in marine ecology perhaps unmatched anywhere on the planet. As their numbers have plummeted, fish and birds dependent on them have been decimatedand toxic algae have begun to choke our bays and seas. In Franklin’s vibrant prose, the decline of a once ubiquitous fish becomes an adventure story, an exploration of the U.S. political economy, a groundbreaking history of America’s emerging ecological consciousness, and an inspiring vision of a growing alliance between environmentalists and recreational anglers.
The Most Important Fish in the Sea
Author: H. Bruce Franklin
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1597261637
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
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. Today, one company—Omega Protein—has a monopoly on the menhaden “reduction industry.” Every year it sweeps billions of fish from the sea, grinds them up, and turns them into animal feed, fertilizer, and oil used in everything from linoleum to health-food supplements. The massive harvest wouldn’t be such a problem if menhaden were only good for making lipstick and soap. But they are crucial to the diet of bigger fish and they filter the waters of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, playing an essential dual role in marine ecology perhaps unmatched anywhere on the planet. As their numbers have plummeted, fish and birds dependent on them have been decimatedand toxic algae have begun to choke our bays and seas. In Franklin’s vibrant prose, the decline of a once ubiquitous fish becomes an adventure story, an exploration of the U.S. political economy, a groundbreaking history of America’s emerging ecological consciousness, and an inspiring vision of a growing alliance between environmentalists and recreational anglers.
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1597261637
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
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. Today, one company—Omega Protein—has a monopoly on the menhaden “reduction industry.” Every year it sweeps billions of fish from the sea, grinds them up, and turns them into animal feed, fertilizer, and oil used in everything from linoleum to health-food supplements. The massive harvest wouldn’t be such a problem if menhaden were only good for making lipstick and soap. But they are crucial to the diet of bigger fish and they filter the waters of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, playing an essential dual role in marine ecology perhaps unmatched anywhere on the planet. As their numbers have plummeted, fish and birds dependent on them have been decimatedand toxic algae have begun to choke our bays and seas. In Franklin’s vibrant prose, the decline of a once ubiquitous fish becomes an adventure story, an exploration of the U.S. political economy, a groundbreaking history of America’s emerging ecological consciousness, and an inspiring vision of a growing alliance between environmentalists and recreational anglers.
A Bibliography of Fishes
Author: Bashford Dean
Publisher:
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Category : Fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 750
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Category : Fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 750
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Annual report
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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Languages : en
Pages : 142
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Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York
Author: New York (State). Legislature. Assembly
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 958
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 958
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Annual Report
Author: New York State Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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