In Pursuit of Giants - One Man''s Global Search for the Last of the Great Fish

A lyrical and passionate call to arms to save the world's great fish

About the author

MATT RIGNEY is a native New Englander and has fished fresh- and saltwater for over forty years. He sailed aboard the Charles W. Morgan, the last remaining American whaleship, on its thirty-eighth voyage. His opinion pieces and articles have appeared in the Boston Globe, Orion, Bisbee's Marlin World, and Huffington Post, where he blogs about commercial fishing, ocean conservation, and fish.

Summary

For millennia the great fish-marlin, bluefin tuna, and swordfish - have reigned over the world's oceans and awed human beings. This is a call to arms for the protection of these creatures, as well as a five-year, 75,000-mile global adventure story that takes author on a quest to discover how once-thriving species are now threatened.

Product details

• Authors: Matt Rigney
• Publisher: University press new england
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9781512600674
• ISBN: 978-1-5126-0067-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Seafaring America; Seafaring America
• Subject: Guides > Nature