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1	Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey more books like this by Linda Greenlaw add to wishlist Linda Greenlaw was the first female sea captain in the swordfishing fleet and has skippered a boat through two terrible storms. In this book, she relives some of the most exciting and frightening trips of her life, including the five-day trip during which she encountered a 48-hour ocean storm. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America's Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town more books like this by Mark Kurlansky add to wishlist From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Cod, Salt," and "The Big Oyster" comes the colorful story of a way of life that for hundreds of years has defined much of America's coastlines but is slowly disappearing. Illustrated. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
3	Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America more books like this by Eric Jay Dolin add to wishlist Few things can capture the danger and desperation of men at sea as dramatically as whaling. Eric Jay Dolin begins with Captain John Smith's expedition to the New World in 1614. He chronicles the rise of a burgeoning industry, to its golden age when a fleet of more than 700 ships hunted the seas and its decline as the twentieth century dawned. This ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.38! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Aquaculture Science more books like this by Rick Parker, PH D Parker add to wishlist This comprehensive text introduces students to the aquaculture industry. It covers all aspects of aquaculture, including history, potential, descriptions, management, feeding, marketing, and diseases of aquatic animals and plants. Also addressed are the water requirements and chemistry necessary for successful aquaculture. The book offers detailed ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $36.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Hungry Ocean more books like this by Linda Greenlaw (Read by) add to wishlist Familiar to millions of readers of "The Perfect Storm" as the captain of the "Hannah Boden", sister ship to the "Andrea Gail", Greenlaw is also known as one of the best sea captains on the East Coast. Here she offers an adventure-soaked tale of her own, complete with danger, humor, and characters so colorful they seem to have been ripped from the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Indian Fishing: Early Methods on the Northwest Coast more books like this by Hilary Stewart add to wishlist Of the many resources available to the First Nations of the Northwest Coast, the most vital was fish. The people devised ingenious ways of catching the different species of fish, creating a technology vastly different from that of today's industrial world. With attention to clarity and detail, Hilary Stewart illustrates their hooks, lines, sinkers ... see all copies from $12.03! new only from $20.51! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Striper, a Story of Fish and Man more books like this by John N Cole add to wishlist Cole offers a moving tribute to the striped bass and the hardy men who fish for them, full of personal anecdote and textured natural history. see all copies from $9.21! new only from $25.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Death on the Ice: The Great Newfoundland Sealing Disaster of 1914 more books like this by Cassie Brown add to wishlist Each year, for generations, poor, ill-clad Newfoundland fisherman sailed out to the ice to hunt seals in the hope of a few penniew in wages from the prosperous merchants of St. John's. The year 1914 witnessed the worst in the long line of tragedies that were part of their harsh way of life.For two long, freezing days and nights a party of seal ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.79! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Walleye War: The Struggle for Ojibwe Spearfishing and Treaty Rights more books like this by Larry Nesper add to wishlist For generations, the Ojibwe bands of northern Wisconsin have spearfished spawning walleyed pike in the springtime. The bands reserved hunting, fishing, and gathering rights on the lands that would become the northern third of Wisconsin in treaties signed with the federal government in 1837, 1842, and 1854. Those rights, however, would be ignored ... see all copies from $2.79! new only from $19.38! \| SVS
10	The Great Gulf: Fisherman, Scientists and the Struggle to Revive the World's Greatest Fishery more books like this by David Dobbs add to wishlist The author studies the histories of fisheries off the Gulf of Maine, and how the populations of cod, flounder, and other species that had dominated the region seemed to lose the ability to recover following annual harvests. Maps. see all copies from $18.32! new only from $19.40! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Words of the Lagoon: Fishing and Marine Lore in the Palau District of Micronesia more books like this by R E Johannes add to wishlist Robert Johannes, marine biologist, spent 16 months among the fishermen of Palau (Belau) and the South West Islands (Tobi and Sonsorol). This book is an account of his attempts to discover, test and record their knowledge. see all copies from $7.50! first editions
12	Inland Fisheries Management in North America more books like this by Christopher C Kohler add to wishlist see all copies from $2.57! new only from $149.99!
13 view cover	Harpoon Venture more books like this by Gavin Maxwell add to wishlist The thrilling account of one man's four-year sea chase for the thirty-foot basking shark in the Hebrides off Scotland shortly after World War II. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14	How to Make and Set Nets: The Technology of Netting more books like this by J Garner add to wishlist The fundamentals of making up nets from machine-made netting are set out with such clarity and simplicity that the book has proved a boon to fishermen around the world. Early chapters describe the principles of mesh size and the run of knots in machine netting, and are followed by detailed descriptions of net making machines and the principles of ... see all copies from $24.97! new only from $47.87!
15 view cover	Against the Tide: The Fate of the New England Fisherman more books like this by Richard Adams Carey add to wishlist Carey, who spent a year with four Cape Cod fishermen, examines the variables that affect their lives and their livelihood, and explores the current politics surrounding the environmental impact of commercial fishing. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Applied Fish Pharmacology more books like this by Keith M Treves-Brown add to wishlist As aquaculture continues to expand there is a need for greater knowledge of medicinal treatments both for the prevention and treatment of disease and for the economic husbandry of fish. This book, the first of its kind, is written for a worldwide readership. It is a reference manual for anyone involved in the selection of medicines for ... see all copies from $65.83! new only from $65.83! \| SVS
17 view cover	Whaling and old Salem; a chronicle of the sea. more books like this by Frances Diane Robotti add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.96! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18	Monastic Journey more books like this by Thomas Merton, Patrick Hart (Editor) add to wishlist Collected essays on the topic of monasticism and contemplation, edited by a fellow monk. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions
19	Going Fishing: The Story of the Deep-Sea Fishermen of New England more books like this by Wesley George Pierce add to wishlist see all copies from $2.20!
20 view cover	Aquaculture: Farming Aquatic Animals and Plants more books like this by Paul Southgate (Editor), John S Lucas (Editor) add to wishlist The output from world aquaculture, a multi-billion dollar global industry, continues to rise at a very rapid rate and it is now acknowledged that it will take over from fisheries to become the main source of animal and plant products from aquatic environments. This exciting, new and comprehensive book covers all major aspects of the aquaculture of ... see all copies from $101.23! new only from $101.23!
21	Of whales and men. more books like this by Robert Blackwood Robertson add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.97! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Ahab's Trade: The Saga of South Seas Whaling more books like this by G A Mawer add to wishlist The good, the mad, and the ugly tell their tales of high-seas excitement, focusing on the history of South Sea whalers known as the Nantucketers. Illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| first editions
23 view cover	When the Whalers Were Up North: Inuit Memories from the Eastern Arctic more books like this by Dorothy Harley Eber add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.63! \| first editions
24 view cover	Ocean Planet: Writings and Images of the Sea more books like this by Peter Benchley, Judith Gradwohl (Editor) add to wishlist An examination in words and images of the of the role the oceans plays in our lives. Includes essays by a variety of writers such as Peter Matthiesson, John McPhee, and Rachel Carson. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.95! \| first editions
25 view cover	Men & Whales more books like this by Richard Ellis add to wishlist The celebrated marine writer-artist Richard Ellis delineates in this copiously illustrated book the complex history of men and whales. Lively, authoritative text is interwoven with photos, paintings, drawings, and maps to provide a comprehensive history of the whales' turbulent--and always controversial--relationship with humankind. Over 250 ... see all copies from $3.45! new only from $19.50! \| first editions \| SVS

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