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17 October 2006

©Greenpeace/Alex Hofford

Imagine what people would say if a band of hunters strung a mile of net between two immense all-terrain vehicles and dragged it at speed across the plains of Africa This is how Charles Clover starts to explain trawling.

His book -The End of the Line - is an informative, engaging polemic on the history, politics and science behind the mismanagement of the worlds fisheries. It provides real-world worse case scenario examples for the few remaining viable fisheries and exposes hypocrisies such as If one were to subject the worlds fisheries to the Revised Management Procedure devised for controlling catches of whales... most fisheries would be closed overnight.

Reading it has made me more determined to fight to save our remaining ocean wildlife, because once it's gone, it's gone for good. Buy, beg, steal, borrow but most of all, read a copy of:

The End of the Line by Charles Clover published by Random House (ISBN 0-09-189781-5) and available from Amazon.

Comments

i really feel passionate about this picture and im in ecstacy overe whaling and i feel all hunters should be jailed. thanx xxx

Posted by: emily foster at October 17, 2006 3:45 PM

Even when you've worked on fisheries/oceans for a while, this book paint quite a horrific picture. Brilliant book.

Posted by: Dave at October 17, 2006 4:31 PM

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