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The Most Important Fish in the Sea
In this brilliant portrait of the oceans’ unlikely hero, H. Bruce Franklin shows how menhaden have shaped America’s national—and natural—history, and why reckless overfishing now threatens their place in both. Since Native Americans began using menhaden as fertilizer, this amazing fish has greased the wheels of U.S. agriculture and industry. By the mid-1870s, menhaden had replaced whales as a principal source of industrial lubricant, with hundreds of ships and dozens of factories along the eastern seaboard working feverishly to produce fish oil. Since the Civil War, menhaden have provided the largest catch of any American fishery. Today, one company—Omega Protein—has a monopoly o...
The Fish Factory
Focusing on the menhaden fishermen of the southern coastal regions, The Fish Factory is an engaging and insightful exploration of what work means to different social groups employed within the same industry. Since the nineteenth century, the menhaden industry in the South has been traditionally split between black crews and white captains. Using life histories, historical research, and anthropological fieldwork in Reedville, Virginia, and Beaufort, North Carolina, Barbara Garrity-Blake examines the relationship between these two groups and how the members of each have defined themselves in terms of their work. The author finds that for the captains and other white officers of the menhaden ve...
Effects of the Menhaden and Mackerel Fisheries Upon the Fish Supply
Describes the habitats, movements, and spawning of menhaden and mackerel, and discusses how the menhaden and mackerel fishery resources and fishing of them impact fish that prey upon them.
Effects of the Menhaden and Mackeral Fisheries Upon the Fish Supply
Describes the habitats, movements, and spawning of menhaden and mackerel, and discusses how the menhaden and mackerel fishery resources and fishing of them impact fish that prey upon them.
