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Living Off the Pacific Ocean Floor: Stories of a Commercial Fisherman
George Moskovita
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Description for Living Off the Pacific Ocean Floor: Stories of a Commercial Fisherman
Paperback. In this authentic account of a seafaring life, Captain George Moskovita offers a highly personal and often humorous look at the career of a commercial fisherman. In a career that spanned more than sixty years, Moskovita met with many maritime adventures, recounted for the reader in a clear, direct, and unsentimental style. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; KNAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
In this authentic account of a seafaring life, Captain George Moskovita offers a highly personal and often humorous look at the career of a commercial fisherman. George Moskovita was sixteen when he graduated from high school in Bellingham, Washington, and went to sea. Fishing would take him crabbing off Alaska, seining for sardines off California and for tuna off Mexico, and catching soupfin sharks for their livers (a vital source of Vitamin A during World War II). He came to Astoria, Oregon, in 1939, where he was a pioneer of the Oregon ocean perch fishery.
In a career that ... Read more
In this authentic account of a seafaring life, Captain George Moskovita offers a highly personal and often humorous look at the career of a commercial fisherman. George Moskovita was sixteen when he graduated from high school in Bellingham, Washington, and went to sea. Fishing would take him crabbing off Alaska, seining for sardines off California and for tuna off Mexico, and catching soupfin sharks for their livers (a vital source of Vitamin A during World War II). He came to Astoria, Oregon, in 1939, where he was a pioneer of the Oregon ocean perch fishery.
In a career that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Corvallis, OR, United States
ISBN
9780870718243
SKU
V9780870718243
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Ref
99-15
About George Moskovita
George Moskovita was born in Bellingham, Washington, USA, in 1913, the son of immigrant parents from Yugoslavia. To support the family, his father fished for crabs in Bellingham Bay. George started fishing for salmon at the age of 16, and never looked back. He died in 2004.
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