The blue revolution : hunting, harvesting, and farming seafood in the information age / Nicholas Sullivan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sullivan, Nicholas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable fisheries.

Fisheries--Environmental aspects.

Fisheries.

Marine resources conservation.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 255 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Island Press, [2022]

Summary:

"The prevailing notion about the world's oceans is that they've been critically overfished for years in an ongoing cycle of crash and revival. This book argues instead that there is reason for optimism: the industrial era of exploitive fishing and habitat destruction is being replaced by a new "post-industrial" age driven by technology, science-based policies, data-driven transparency, and creation of new markets that are stabilizing fisheries even as global demand for lean protein surges. Sullivan describes new innovative models developed in New England and around the world that are modernizing the way we harvest and farm marine protein. This book is for those who are concerned about marine conservation and ocean health, with a special emphasis on entrepreneurs, technologists, and investors who see the traditional and aging fishing industry as ripe for technological transformation. This audience also includes the burgeoning "sea-foodie" and "locavore-fish" movement. Sullivan's intent is to raise awareness of what he colloquially calls Fishing 4.0-a new way of thinking about fish, oceans, and food that counters the "doom and gloom" scenarios and encourages a new generation of fishers to be change-makers in one of the world's oldest industries"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1: Wild-capture fisheries. Sacred cod, sustainable scallops

Changing rules for a changing ecosystem

As the cowboys of the sea fade away, a postindustrial fishery emerges

Eating with the ecosystem

The Silicon Valley of cod (and other innovation clusters)

Run, herring, run: restoring the marine food web

Part 2: Farmed finfish, shellfish, and sea greens

The blue revolution and Atlantic salmon

Fish for a small planet

The beauty of filter-feeding bivalves

Kelp

for food, fuel, pharma

The Holy Grail: farming the open ocean

Part 3: Global challenges: criminals, climate, conservation

Big data versus pirates on the high seas

Conservation and climate, adaptation and resilience

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Sullivan, Nicholas. Blue Revolution.

ISBN:

9781642832181

1642832189

OCLC:

1291314186