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'Pinchin has written pathos, poetry and adrenaline into a story about one of the most famed and endangered sea creatures on the planet: the bluefin tuna. Not easy to get the science right while making the reporting riveting. But she did ... Well worth the read.' Ian Urbina, nationally bestselling author of The Outlaw Ocean 'Awash in lyricism and anchored in science and history, Kings of Their Own Ocean submerges readers in the enthralling lives of Al Anderson and Amelia to explore the depths of the Atlantic bluefin tuna industry. Eloquent and sobering, Pinchin uncovers the tenuous fate of the bluefin, and deftly explains why the choices we make about the ocean matter.' Gloria Dickie, author of Eight Bears and a National Geographic Explorer 'In Kings of Their Own Ocean, Karen Pinchin has brought vigor and pathos to the human relationship with the inhabitants of our oceans-and what this complex relationship means for the future of the planet.' Alicia Kennedy, author of No Meat Required 'Strap in to your deck chairs and prepare to land the story of several lifetimes. In Kings of Their Own Ocean, a church launches a global seafood empire, researchers feud, the tuna leap, and most of all, fishermen and citizen scientists manage to save a vital species, armed only with their wits and a few plastic tags. Pinchin's deep reporting and stunning prose ensure tuna will never taste the same.' Lizzie Stark, author of Egg: A Dozen Ovatures 'Karen Pinchin's Kings of Their Own Ocean traces the fascinating story of Atlantic bluefin tuna from antiquity to the present. Vividly rendering not only the bluefin itself but also the interconnected lives of people obsessed with it, Pinchin lays out the stakes for the survival of this thrilling, magical species.' Andrea Pitzer, author of Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World

'Pinchin has written pathos, poetry and adrenaline into a story about one of the most famed and endangered sea creatures on the planet: the bluefin tuna. Not easy to get the science right while making the reporting riveting. But she did. And the candor in the personal back story to this lifelong interest in tuna and the ocean also gives the book just the right amount of feel as a memoir. Well worth the read.' Ian Urbina, The Outlaw Ocean Project

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Karen Pinchin is an award-winning journalist specializing in investigative and longform reporting. She was most recently the 2019/2020 Tow Fellow at PBS FRONTLINE at WGBH, and is now based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. For more than a decade she has worked as both a staff and freelance reporter and editor specializing in food systems and science journalism. In 2019, Karen graduated from Columbia's Journalism School with a Master of Arts in science journalism, and won the school's Lynton Fellowship for Book Writing.

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