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The End of the Line
Charles Clover
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Description for The End of the Line
Paperback. If nothing is done to stop the squandering of fish stocks the life of the oceans will face collapse and millions of people could starve. This work looks at the problem and proves that we, as consumers, have to change if the situation is to improve. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: KNAF; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
We have reached a pivotal moment for fishing, with seventy-five percent of the world's fish stocks either fully exploited or overfished. If nothing is done to stop the squandering of fish stocks the life of the oceans will face collapse and millions of people could starve. Fish is the aspirational food for Western society, the healthy, weight-conscious choice, but those who eat and celebrate fish often ignore the fact that the fishing industry, although as technologically advanced as space travel, has an attitude to conservation 10,000 years out of date. Trawling on an industrial scale in ... Read more
We have reached a pivotal moment for fishing, with seventy-five percent of the world's fish stocks either fully exploited or overfished. If nothing is done to stop the squandering of fish stocks the life of the oceans will face collapse and millions of people could starve. Fish is the aspirational food for Western society, the healthy, weight-conscious choice, but those who eat and celebrate fish often ignore the fact that the fishing industry, although as technologically advanced as space travel, has an attitude to conservation 10,000 years out of date. Trawling on an industrial scale in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Ebury Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
223g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780091897819
SKU
V9780091897819
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-3
About Charles Clover
Charles Clover has been Environment Editor of the Daily Telegraph for a number of years. He has been three-times winner of the National journalist category of British Environment and Media Awards. He lives with his family in Essex.
Reviews for The End of the Line
A blazingly powerful indictment
Sunday Telegraph
It is a rare book that changes one's life, even in a small way ... Charles Clover has written a shocking book about the effects of industrial fishing
Andrew Marr
Start the Week, Radio 4
Anyone with the slightest interest in where our fish comes ... Read more
Sunday Telegraph
It is a rare book that changes one's life, even in a small way ... Charles Clover has written a shocking book about the effects of industrial fishing
Andrew Marr
Start the Week, Radio 4
Anyone with the slightest interest in where our fish comes ... Read more