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12 good non-fiction books about fish

September 29, 2010 by Beach Chair Scientist 3 Comments

Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food by Paul Greenburg (read a review here.)
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky
On the Run: An Angler’s Journey Down the Striper Coast by David Dibendetto
Giant Bluefin by Douglas Whynott
The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America’s Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town by Mark Kurlansky
The Unnatural History of the Sea by Callum Roberts
Tuna: A Love Story by Robert Ellis
The Most Important Fish in the Sea: Menhaden and America: H. Bruce Franklin
The End of the Line: How Overfishing Is Changing the World and What We Eat by Charles Clover
The Empty Ocean by Richard Ellis
5 Easy Pieces: The Impact of Fisheries on Marine Ecosystems by Daniel Pauly
Striper Wars: An American Fish Story by Dick Russell

Beach Chair Scientist also has list of great movies, fiction books and blogs about the sea!

Image (c) Island Press.

Filed Under: Fish, Random Fun! Tagged With: Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World, Fish, Fisheries, Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food, Ichthyology, Unnatural History of the Sea, Zoology

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Braddock Spear says

October 24, 2010 at 9:47 am

Thanks for the reminder! I still need to read Cod.

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Chad Nelsen says

November 4, 2010 at 1:19 pm

one of my favorites is “Song of the Blue Ocean” by Carl Safina

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bgoldfarb09 says

December 13, 2010 at 8:59 am

Linda Greenlaw’s books are pretty fantastic, too (The Hungry Ocean and The Lobster Chronicles are the ones I’ve read)… I guess they’re less about fish than they are about fishing, but still. Also Trevor Corson’s The Secret Life of Lobsters, though obviously not about fish, is some of the best marine life nonfiction out there.

I’ve really enjoyed perusing your archives this morning; keep up the great posting!

Ben
http://30below.wordpress.com/

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