World Without Fish by Mark Kurlansky

World Without Fish Mark Kurlansky ebook
ISBN: 9780761156079
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company, Inc.
Format: pdf
Page: 192

Growing up, there was a period of time that we must have had it once a week and I remember wondering about its funny name. The EHN report also notes that antidepressant medications have been shown to concentrate in the tissues of some fish, including such prized species as rainbow trout. Among the nonfiction panels at the recent LA Times' Festival of Books, it was encouraging to find three focused on environmental issues. A Virginia man claims to have recently set the world record for catching a "Frankenfish", which is a species of land-walking fish with no known predators. Ltd.) were locked up for importing frozen fish into the country without licence,” our source revealed. Hot on the heels of The Age of Stupid comes The End of the Line, a disturbing and powerful film about one of the world's most shockingly ignored problems - overfishing. A cursory investigation reveals that China is the largest exporter of tilapia in the world. I find Kurlansky's books fascinating. Let's kick off our Featured Books Week with World Without Fish, a book that teaches kids-and adults- about activism and how our actions affect the environment. In World without Fish, Kurlansky discusses all of these problems and more in a thoughtful, easy-to-understand manner. Mark Kurlansky, noted author of interesting nonfiction for adults has turned to our youth. Doesn't it remind you of the 80′s? On Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9, residents and non-residents alike can fish without a license as part of Michigan's Summer Free Fishing Weekend. The End of the Line, the first major feature documentary film revealing the impact of overfishing on our oceans, had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Documentary Competition.