| Description |
1 online resource (x, 271 pages, 18 pages of unnumbered plates) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Introduction. White gold fever -- A historical background : from an inexhaustible ocean to the three-mile limit -- Fishing the high seas : Japan and the Soviet Union develop the Alaska pollock fishery -- Americanization! : the rush for white gold and the developing fishery -- An empty donut hole : the great collapse of a north pacific pollock stock -- Viking invasion : Norway's link to the pollock industry -- A new fish on the block : advancing knowledge of pollock biology -- A new ocean : changing concepts of ocean production and management of fisheries -- Factories of doom : the pollock fishing industry clashes with the environment -- All in the family : Olympic fishing and domestic strife in the industry -- Bridge over troubled water : tranquility after the American Fisheries Act -- Alaska pollock's challenging future |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-263) and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Pollock fisheries -- History -- 20th century.
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Walleye pollock -- Effect of fishing on.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226022482 (electronic bk.) |
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022602248X (electronic bk.) |
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