Dead Fish and Fat Cats: A No-Nonsense Journey Through Our Dysfunctional Fishing Industry
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (796 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00SLZUHNQ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 215 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Eric Wickham was born in the small BC coastal fishing village of Bamfield in 1942. For fifty years he was active in BC's fishing industry as a commercial fisherman and as an advocate for commercial fishermen in their struggle with big government. . He is now retired and lives in Western Australia but returns to British Columbia regularly. He is past president of the Pacific Blackcod Association, the Fishermen's Abalone Association and the Halibut Fishermen's Association, and is a past member of the Ministry of Fisheries Advisory Council
"Finally the truth!" according to Lee Ann Hightower. This is a book we have been waiting for. It is not action packed and sensationalized like the `Perfect Storm', but that is not what Eric Wickham's book is about. It is very well written and thought out, and makes for an easy read in it's story book style. Only it's not just a story this book shows the true picture of what really has happened to the once prolific commercial fisheries along the North West Coast of the United States . Even a novice will like this one! Well, I have never picked up a fishing rod before in my life and was quite dubious when someone gave me a copy of this book for my birthday.However, I am interested in how we go about managing our natural resources. Dead Fish and Fat Cats is an amazing journey that examines how Canada has mis managed its fisheries, surely one of its most precious natural resources.It is interesting, thou not suprising to take a journey through the
. He is past president of the Pacific Blackcod Association, the Fishermen's Abalone Association and the Halibut Fishermen's Association, and is a past member of the Ministry of Fisheries Advisory Council. For fifty years he was active in BC's fishing industry as a commercial fisherman and as an advocate for c
Dead Fish and Fat Cats provides a first hand look at the world of coastal fishing, describing everything from electronic fishing gadgets and fishing boats to fish farms. It describes the unpredictable life of independent commercial fishermen and chastises the fishing bureaucrats for their mismanagement of the fishing industry. The author proposes some innovative methods of dealing with some of the problems that plague the fishing industry.. Dead Fish and Fats Cats is a lively, no holds barred account of the experiences and entanglements of Eric Wickham, a commercial fisherman who fished for salmon, halibut and sablefish for over fifty years. The book also answers the question: "Where have all the salmon gone?" and explains how we have moved from fish in abundance to scarcity and barrenness