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- Book Title
- Fishing Up North : Stories of Luck and Loss in Alaskan Waters
- Publication Name
- Fishing Up North
- Title
- Fishing Up North
- Subtitle
- Stories of Luck and Loss in Alaskan Waters
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9780882408965
- ISBN
- 9780882408965
- Edition
- Enlarged second edition
- Publisher
- West Margin Press
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Travel, Business & Economics, Sports & Recreation
- Topic
- Industries / General, Fishing, United States / West / Pacific (Ak, CA, Hi, Or, WA), Fisheries & Aquaculture
- Release Date
- 13/09/2012
- Release Year
- 2012
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Item Weight
- 9.6 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Item Width
- 5.6in
- Number of Pages
- 242 Pages
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This new edition contains new stories and updates from the super-heated days when fishing fleets turned king crab into fortunes, to the annual circus of Bristol Bay's monster salmon runs, to the bucolic life of the open-ocean trawler, the true stories in Fishing Up North: Stories of Luck and Loss in Alaskan Waters" captures the flavor of the modern fisherman's life and fortunes in the waters off Alaska. You'll find firsthand accounts of frightening weather, good fishing, terrible fishing, great days, and sweet living from the decks of crabbers, trawlers, longliners, trollers, and gillnetters. This book and others inspired film crews to trek to Alaska and cover the crabbing seasons for reality TV shows. Commercial fishing's home ports --- Dutch Harbor, Kodiak, Naknek, Cordova, Petersburg, Sitka, and Seattle --- are classic fishing towns, where docks, bars, and even quiet living merge in colorful portraits about life on the last frontier.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
West Margin Press
ISBN-10
0882408968
ISBN-13
9780882408965
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117266721
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fishing Up North : Stories of Luck and Loss in Alaskan Waters
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Industries / General, Fishing, United States / West / Pacific (Ak, CA, Hi, Or, WA), Fisheries & Aquaculture
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Travel, Business & Economics, Sports & Recreation
Number of Pages
242 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.6in
Item Weight
9.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Sh222.A4m38 2012
Reviews
"Brad Matsen is a polished writer with a quirky sense of humor and an uncanny knack for the precise metaphor." ---Homer [Alaska] News., An intimate look at what it is like to spend your life chasing fish. Matsen's experience inside the industry gives a hard look at the reality of long hours, tight quarters and the gamble of the catch. Tight prose pack a lot of information. ---Urbaneye, Amazon, "Brad Matsen is a polished writer wioth a quirky sense of humor and an uncanny knack for the precise metaphor." Homer [Alaska] News., Matsen draws together some of the articles he published in magazines such as Alaska Fisherman's Journal, National Fisherman, Audubon, and Oceans to present an insider's knowledge of commercial fishing. From the slavish work of harvesting and processing to the tremendous profits that are possible, but never guaranteed, Matsen articulates the contentious debates surrounding fishing in Alaska. Along with stories on what constitutes over-fishing, whether foreigners have a right to get a piece of the action, and the Exxon Valdez disaster, Matsen introduces the various characters who live the fishing life. Though well written, the book has extended discussions of specific equipment and different types of fish that will limit its appeal. Recommended for libraries whose constituents are interested in fishing. ---(Faces of Fishing, Monterey Bay Aquarium Fdn., 1997) Kathleen A. Shanahan, American Univ. Lib., Washington, DC, An intimate look at what it is like to spend your life chasing fish. Matsen's experience inside the industry gives a hard look at the reality of long hours, tight quarters and the gamble of the catch. Tight prose pack a lot of information. Urbaneye, Amazon, Matsen draws together some of the articles he published in magazines such as Alaska Fisherman's Journal, National Fisherman, Audubon, and Oceans to present an insider's knowledge of commercial fishing. From the slavish work of harvesting and processing to the tremendous profits that are possible, but never guaranteed, Matsen articulates the contentious debates surrounding fishing in Alaska. Along with stories on what constitutes over-fishing, whether foreigners have a right to get a piece of the action, and the Exxon Valdez disaster, Matsen introduces the various characters who live the fishing life. Though well written, the book has extended discussions of specific equipment and different types of fish that will limit its appeal. Recommended for libraries whose constituents are interested in fishing. (Faces of Fishing, Monterey Bay Aquarium Fdn., 1997) Kathleen A. Shanahan, American Univ. Lib., Washington, DC
Table of Content
Prelude: Getting Lucky pg 7; Map pg 10; Ch 1, The Beast of Ugly Seasons - King Crabbing, Dutch Harbor pg 13; Ch 2, Talking Price and the Cruel Sixteen - Salmon Gillnetting, Bristol Bay pg 25; Ch 3, The Billion-dollar Bottomfish Dream - Groundfish Trawling pg 47; Ch 4 K enny and the Council - Westward Hilton Hotel, Anchorage pg 61, Ch 5, Flying Fish and the Death of a Plane at Egegik - Salmon setnetting - Bristol Bay pg 81; Ch 6 A Beautiful Place to Be - Salmon Trolling, Southeast Alaska pg 107; Ch 7, Fishing with Modest Ambition - Codfish Trawling, Kodiak pg 129; Ch 8, Fishing the Flats , Salmon Gillnetting - Prince William Sound pg 147; Ch 9, The Dream Comes True on the Chain - Pollock Trawling, Dutch Harbor pg 161; Ch 10, The Resurrection of The Rebecca B - Codfish longlinging, Gulf of Alaska pg 177; Ch 11, Kelping for Crude - The Exxon Valdez Spill pg 195; Ch 12, Derby Days, Sleepless Nights - Halibut Longlining, Southeast Alaska pg 209; Ch 13. Salmon in the Trees - Salmon Spawning, Alexander Archipelago, pg 224.
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