Overview
Her thoughtful discussion of the plight of fishermen and whales and of the frustrations between fishing communities and conservationists presents an authentic microcosm of the global conflict between human demands on the environment and nature's finite capacity for supporting those demands.
Full Product Details
Author: Tora Johnson
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.10cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.581kg
ISBN: 9780813027975
ISBN 10: 0813027977
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 28 February 2005
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""Tora Johnson has a knack for storytelling, but also a sense of balance in her reporting and an evident commitment to truth-telling. In this compelling book, she confronts one of the thorniest, most searing wildlife-human conflicts of the day. She does so with sensitivity for the human antagonists, conveying their foibles, passions, grace, and ordinariness, and with a solid understanding of the animals (from minute copepods to gigantic whales) and their marine environment.""--Randall R. Reeves, chairman, Cetacean Specialist Group of the World Conservation Union, and author of National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World. ""Johnson guides us through a conflict which has raged for over 400 years. With ease the reader is introduced to the personalities and struggles that tie two of nature's strongest-willed creatures together, the fishermen and the whale.""--John Pappalardo, Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association, Chatham, Massachusetts"""
Tora Johnson has a knack for storytelling, but also a sense of balance in her reporting and an evident commitment to truth-telling. In this compelling book, she confronts one of the thorniest, most searing wildlife-human conflicts of the day. She does so with sensitivity for the human antagonists, conveying their foibles, passions, grace, and ordinariness, and with a solid understanding of the animals (from minute copepods to gigantic whales) and their marine environment. --Randall R. Reeves, chairman, Cetacean Specialist Group of the World Conservation Union, and author of National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World. Johnson guides us through a conflict which has raged for over 400 years. With ease the reader is introduced to the personalities and struggles that tie two of nature's strongest-willed creatures together, the fishermen and the whale. --John Pappalardo, Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association, Chatham, Massachusetts
Author Information
Tora Johnson teaches human ecology and geographic information science at the University of Maine at Machias. She is the author of Guide to Freshwater Animals Without Backbones.
