Giant Bluefin

"The bluefin tuna is the largest finfish in the ocean. it can grow to lengths of ten feet and weigh fifteen hundred pounds. And in Japan, where raw bluefin meat is considered a great delicacy, a single giant bluefin can bring more than $30,000." "The giant bluefin is central to the lives of some two dozen fishermen who work the waters off the New England coast, from Cape Cod to Maine. Their way of life is traditional, athletic, even heroic; but in recent years it has come under threat from conservationists, who claim that the bluefin population is shrinking. Depending on one's point of view, either the bluefin tuna or the tuna fisherman is becoming an endangered species." "To write Giant Bluefin, Douglas Whynott spent two seasons in the company of Bob Sampson, a forty-seven-year-old bluefin fisherman who is considered the best harpooner in the Cape Cod fishery. Giant Bluefin is a paradigm of current conflicts of market vs. environment, and an engaging look at the business and biology of the most prized of catches. It is also an affectionate, often stirring account of the fishermen themselves, and of their treasured but contested way of life."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved… (more)