"Isabella L vin writes with great passion and clarity about the
crisis facing global fish stocks. Exposing the weak short termism
of governments, and the persistent failure of the EU fisheries
policy to act on the clear science, her warning is unequivocal: act
soon or lose vast sections of this vital source of food forever.
But it's not all gloom and doom. She is clear that this is a
solvable problem - and that until governments legislate more
responsibly, consumer action is the best means for bringing about
change. A compelling book, that all those who care about the future
of our oceans will want to read." HUGH FERNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL,
HUGH'S FISH FIGHT "Who would have thought that Sweden, of all
places, would have allowed its fisheries to reach the sorry state
documented in Isabella L vin's essential book? We are surprised and
dismayed, but should we be? What Ms. L vin demonstrates is that the
public's notion about fisheries being benign stakeholders of the
sea is deeply flawed. Rather, fisheries, as presently 'managed',
are actively destroying marine ecosystems and public resources with
the financial and administrative support of governments. Ms. L vin
uses the Baltic, and the eel and cod as her main examples, yet this
bok is not about Sweden and the Baltic - it is about a mindset
prevailing throughout Europe and in much of the world, and which we
desperately need to change. This book will make you want to join
the battle." DR. DANIEL PAULY, FISHERIES CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF
BRITISH COLOMBIA "Silent Seas is the Da Vinci Code of fisheries
policy. A page turner where the same question keeps turning over
and over inside your head: Who is the killer? Who killed our seas?
" STEFAN NYSTR M, SWEDISH FISHERIES MAGAZINE "Read Silent Seas.
Then contact your MP " GUNVOR HILLDEN, UPSALA NYA NEWSPAPER Silent
seas was first published in Swedish in 2007, and was soon awarded
no less than 14 prizes, among which the prestigious Great
Journalism Award, the Investigative Journalism Award, the
Environmental Journalism of the Year Award and the Baltic Sea
Award. Isabella L vin became a candidate for the Swedish Greens in
the elections for the European parliament in 2009, and is now
actively working to reform the EU common fisheries policy. The
present English edition has been updated, and a new foreword has
been added in 2012.
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