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The ocean of life : the fate of man and the sea /

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Putting our exploitation of the seas into historical context, Roberts offers a devastating account of the impact of modern fishing techniques, pollution, and climate change, and reveals what it would take to steer the right course while there is still time.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roberts, Callum
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Books, 2013, ©2012.
Subjects:
Ocean and civilization.
Ocean > History.
Overfishing.
Fishing > Effect of human beings on.
Marine ecology.
Mer et civilisation.
Mer > Histoire.
Surpêche.
Pêche sportive > Effets des êtres humains sur.
Ocean.
History.
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Summary:Putting our exploitation of the seas into historical context, Roberts offers a devastating account of the impact of modern fishing techniques, pollution, and climate change, and reveals what it would take to steer the right course while there is still time.
Item Description:Originally published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin 2012.--T.p. verso.
Published in Penguin Books 2013.--T.p. verso.
Physical Description:x, 405 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780143123484
0143123483
9780670023547
067002354X