Fishing, gone? : saving the ocean through sportfishing / Sid Dobrin ; foreword by M. Jimmie Killingsworth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dobrin, Sidney I., 1967- author.

Contributor:

Killingsworth, M. Jimmie, writer of foreword.

Series:

Wardlaw book.

Seventh generation (Series)

A Wardlaw book

The seventh generation: survival, sustainability, sustenance in a new nature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Saltwater fishing--Environmental aspects--United States.

Saltwater fishing.

Saltwater fishing--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Fishery resources--Commercial vs. recreational use--United States.

Fishery resources.

Sustainable aquaculture--United States.

Sustainable aquaculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 pages).

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2019]

Summary:

Humans have a rapacious relationship with the world's ocean, extracting immeasurable quantities of its inhabitants and resources, while simultaneously depositing unbound sums of pollution into it. If we are to move toward sustainable practices, then we must first move toward ways of thinking about fish and fisheries beyond mere economic agendas. And there is one group in particular who could make an impact: saltwater anglers. Recreational saltwater fishing is big business and big culture. The industry is one of the largest in the United States, but that has not translated into a cohesive effort, agenda, or ethic. Saltwater anglers, a diverse group with a range of motivations, do not belong to a single organization through which to galvanize significant voting or lobbying power toward conservation regulation. As a result, federal policymakers have traditionally focused on commercial harvesting interests. Dubbed the "most contemplative of pastimes," recreational fishing provides a valuable perspective on how humans interact with saltwater environments. Fishing, Gone? builds on this tradition of reflection and opens up the saltwater sportfishing life as a method for thinking through the current status of marine fisheries and environment. Author Sid Dobrin calls on fellow saltwater anglers to reconsider their relationship to fishes and the ocean--the sport can no longer be only about the joy and freedom of fishing, but it must also be about living for the ocean, living with the ocean, and living through the ocean. It is about securing the opportunity to fish on while meeting the economic and environmental challenges that lie ahead.

Contents:

Salvation

The ecstasy of space

Alien ichthyology

Ethics

Sea Lords, or the rhetoric of sustainable seafood

Fish sandwich

Wayfaring and the age of binge

The flying car and the upgrade path

The knot

The firebird

Postscript. Toward a new recreational saltwater anglers' ethic: a manifesto.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62349-759-0