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During the 1950s, 60s, and early 70s, California's coast seemed
awash in abalone. From San Diego to Crescent City, people feasted
on abalone steaks and glimmering shells were sold in trinket shops.
Abalones' remarkable abundance and appeal made them icons of
California's easy-living, laid-back beach culture. But just a few
decades later, many younger Californians had never seen the
legendary mollusk. In the past twenty years, two of California's
seven abalone species have joined the U.S. Endangered Species list,
and even the hardiest now faces the ecological collapse of its home
habitat in Northern California - long regarded as a sure
stronghold. After more than 70 million years of gripping
tenaciously to North America's western shoreline, how - in our time
- did the fate of the delicious, wondrous, and once abundant
abalone become so precarious?
The Fishes of the Western North Atlantic series, which began
publication in the 1940s by Yale University's Sears Foundation for
Marine Research, was from its beginnings conceived to synthesize
and make accessible the wealth of information in widely scattered
published accounts of the fish fauna of the region for both the
layman and the specialist, presenting critical reviews rather than
compilations. These reference works are still considered valuable
and of interest today to both general audiences and the academic
community. As described in the Preface to the first volume, the
series was "written on the premise that it should be useful to
those in many walks of life-to those casually ... interested ...,
to the sportsman ..., to the fisherman ..., as well as to the
amateur ichthyologist and the professional scientist." These books
remain authoritative studies of the anadromous, estuarine, and
marine fishes of the waters of the western North Atlantic from
Hudson Bay southward to the Amazon, ranking as primary references
for both amateurs and professionals interested in fishes, and as
significant working tools for students of the sea.
Part One, the inaugural volume in the Fishes of the Western North
Atlantic series, describes lancelets, hagfishes, lampreys, and
sharks. Specialist authorships of its sections include detailed
species descriptions with keys, life history and general habits,
abundance, range, and relation to human activity, such as economic
and sporting importance. The text is written for an audience of
amateur and professional ichthyologists, sportsmen, and fishermen,
based on new revisions, original research, and critical reviews of
existing information. Species are illustrated by exceptional black
and white line drawings, accompanied by distribution maps and
tables of meristic data. Distributed for the Yale Peabody Museum of
Natural History
Misterios dos monstros do rio profundos, algumas pessoas vivem em
casas flutuantes, todos os dias em movimento.Este grande e profundo
rio nao desiste de seus segredos facilmente.Nas aguas escuras e
turvas, ha perigos ocultos, tais como o jacare, a sucuri e pir
The story of a brutal shark attack that cost a woman her arm and
much of her leg, and her death-defying recovery. One of the most
dreadful experiences humans fear is a shark attack. This horrifying
agony is exactly what happened to Nicole Moore, a nurse from
Orangeville, Ontario. It was an assault all the more brutal for
being so unlikely — she was standing in waist-deep water at a
Mexican resort. She came very close to dying, losing 60 percent of
her blood from deep bites on her arm and leg, and was rushed to a
hospital where she received a questionable level of medical care
that left her and her family confronting physical and mental
anguish. Surviving gruesome misery, including the amputation of her
left arm and attempts to rebuild her disfigured leg, she has fought
on to become a source of inspiration for those facing seemingly
insurmountable challenges.
As Four Thousand Hooks opens, an Alaskan fishing schooner is
sinking. It is the summer of 1972, and the sixteen-year-old
narrator is at the helm. Backtracking from the gripping prologue,
Dean Adams describes how he came to be a crew member on the Grant
and weaves a tale of adventure that reads like a novel--with drama,
conflict, and resonant portrayals of halibut fishing, his ragtag
shipmates, maritime Alaska, and the ambiguities of family life. At
sea, the Grant's crew teach Dean the daily tasks of baiting
thousands of longline hooks and handling the catch, and on shore
they lead him through the seedy bars and guilty pleasures of
Kodiak. Exhausted by twenty-hour workdays and awed by the ocean's
raw power, he observes examples of human courage and vulnerability
and emerges with a deeper knowledge of himself and the world. Four
Thousand Hooks is both an absorbing adventure story and a rich
ethnography of a way of life and work that has sustained Northwest
families for generations. This coming of age story will appeal to
readers including young adults and anyone interested in ocean
adventures, commercial fishing, maritime life, and the Northwest
coast. Visit the author's website:
http://www.fourthousandhooks.com/
No single individual did more to promote sea turtle research and
conservation than Archie Carr (1909-1987). So entwined did he
become with these creatures and the fight against their
overexploitation and loss of habitat that the largest wildlife
refuge for loggerhead turtles in the world was named in his honor,
and World Sea Turtle Day is celebrated internationally on his
birthday, June 16. Carr's work with sea turtles began in the 1940s.
His many publications written for general readers, including his
1956 classic The Windward Road,alongside numerous articles for
National Geographic and other publications, brought widespread
attention to the plight of these animals. So Excellent a Fishe,
first published in 1967, combined everything the careful researcher
had learned in more than two decades of fieldwork. This
groundbreaking book answered many then-unresolved questions about
sea turtle behavior, including those about their remarkable
migrations. In large part because of the endearing charm of Carr's
narrative style, it remains a beloved and often-consulted volume in
the field. This new edition captures Carr's gentle humor, his
passionate fascination with sea turtles, and his intense love of
sharing his knowledge with readers. A foreword by Karen Bjorndal,
director of the Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research, brings
the story up to date even as it reveals how prescient Carr was more
than 45 years ago.
From the fifty-one-foot whale shark "Rhincodon typus" to a
less-than-one-half-inch fish in the minnow family--the tiny
"Paedocypris progenetica"--fish certainly carry a lot of weight . .
. or do they?
A fish's heft in water may vary, but these diverse aquatic
animals certainly carry a lot of weight in our ecosystems and
environment. From freshwater to ocean habitats, Judith S. Weis
offers a fascinating look at these deceptively simple creatures.
Fishes may appear to live a dull existence, but appearances change
once we understand more about how they survive. These wonders
actually possess attributes that would make us superpowers--they
can change color, sex, produce light and electricity, regenerate
injured fins, prevent themselves from sinking, and some can even
walk on land.
"Do Fish Sleep?" is organized in an easy-to-read and accessible
question-and-answer format, filled with more than 55 photographs
and over 100 interesting facts from fish biology basics to the
importance of preserving and restoring fish diversity and healthy
populations. A captivating read for fish enthusiasts of all
ages--naturalists, environmentalists, aquarists, scuba divers, and
students--this is also the perfect primer for those just about to
get their feet wet. Dive in
A New York Times Bestseller. Great white sharks are enigmas. They
ruled the oceans long before dinosaurs inhabited the earth, yet we
know surprisingly little about them. Scientists speculate they can
live for 60 years and grow to a massive 20 feet long. They heal
miraculously from severe injuries and can sense a heartbeat from
miles away. There is one place on earth where it is possible to
study great whites in the wild: a spooky outcrop of jagged rocks
off the coast of San Francisco. This godforsaken island is home to
a handful of shark-obsessed scientists, ready to endanger their
lives just to get close. This is a riveting adventure about great
white sharks and the power they have over us.
Combining natural history with beguiling autobiographical and
historical narrative, To Sea and Back is a dazzling portrait of a
fish whose story is closely intertwined with our own.
'Indispensable and powerful... To Sea and Back mingles history with
biography and science... Shelton writes with a poet's ear... A
writer to be prized.'-- Tom Adair, Scotsman The Atlantic salmon is
an extraordinary and mysterious fish. In To Sea and Back, Richard
Shelton combines memoir and deep scientific knowledge to reveal,
from the salmon's point of view, both the riverine and marine
worlds in which it lives. He explores this iconic fish's journey to
reach its feeding grounds in the northern oceans before making the
return over thousands of miles to the burns of its birth to
reproduce. Along the way, Shelton describes the feats of
exploration that gave us our first real understanding of the
oceans, and shows how this iconic fish is a vital indicator of the
health of our rivers and oceans. Above all, To Sea and Back is the
story of Richard Shelton's lifelong passion for the sea and his
attempt to solve the perennial enigmas of the salmon's secret life.
A search for the endangered beluga whales of Cook Inlet, Alaska,
becomes a personal journey and an expose of the forces arrayed
against this fascinating--and troubled--species.
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