Alaska Codfish Chronicle A History of the Pacific Cod Fishery in Alaska / James Mackovjak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mackovjak, James R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pacific cod fisheries.

Pacific cod fisheries--Alaska--History.

Alaska.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (575 pages)

Place of Publication:

[2019] Fairbanks, AK : University of Alaska Press,

Summary:

Cod is one of the most widely consumed fish in the world. For many years, the Atlantic cod industry took center stage, but partly thanks to climate change and overfishing, it is more and more likely that the cod on your kitchen table or in your fast food fish fillets came from Alaska’s Pacific Cod Fishery. Alaska Codfish Chronicle is the first comprehensive history of this fishery. It looks at the early decades of the fishery’s history, a period marked by hardship and danger, as well as the dominance of foreign fishermen. And the modern era, beginning in 1976 when the United States claimed an exclusive economic zone around the Alaska coasts, “Americanizing” the fishery and replacing the foreign fleets that had been ravaging the resources in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea. Today, the Pacific cod fishery is, in terms of poundage, the second largest fishery in Alaska, and considered among the best-managed fisheries in the world. This history is extremely well documented, does not spare details, and is accessible to general readers. It incorporates nearly a hundred photographs and illustrations and is sprinkled with numerous observations from fishing industry journals and reports, even incorporating poems and recipes, making this an especially thorough and unique account of one of Alaska’s most iconic and important industries.

Contents:

Section D: Challenges, Development, and the Future of Alaska's Pacific Cod FisheryChapter 22: Rationalization of Alaska's Groundfish Fisheries; Chapter 23: Alaskanization of the Pacific Cod Fisheries; Chapter 24: Bycatch; Chapter 25: Effects of Federal Environmental Legislation on Alaska's Pacific Cod Fisheries; Chapter 26: Casualties; Afterword; Bibliography; Index

Section A: The Magnuson-Stevens Act, Its Implementation, and Early Efforts to Process Pacific CodChapter 11: The Magnuson-Stevens Act; Chapter 12: Implementation of the Magnuson-Stevens Act; Chapter 13: Early Domestic Codfish Ventures; Chapter 14: Salt Cod Redux; Chapter 15: Americanization of Alaska Groundfish Fisheries; Section B: Catching Codfish; Chapter 16: Trawling; Chapter 17: Longlining; Chapter 18: Pot Fishing; Chapter 19: Jigging; Section C: Processing and Marketing Pacific Cod; Chapter 20: Getting the Most from Codfish: Modern Products; Chapter 21: Marketing Pacific Cod

Intro; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: The Salt Cod Era (1863-1950); Chapter 1: Codfish Fundamentals; Chapter 2: Early Development of the Pacific Codfish Industry; Chapter 3: Codfish Fever; Chapter 4: Schooners, Dories, and Codfishermen; Chapter 5: Catching and Processing Codfish; Chapter 6: Codfish Stations; Chapter 7: A Flourishing Industry: 1903-1919; Chapter 8: Alaska's Codfish Industry Fades; Part Two: The Bait Cod Era (1950-1978); Chapter 9: The Fishery and Its Management; Chapter 10: Enjoying Codfish: Four Recipes; Part Three: The Modern Era

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781602233904

160223390X

OCLC:

1083676661