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Migration Ecology of Marine Fishes will make a very useful contribution by providing a framework for the broader interpretation of fish migration. This same framework has important implications for the understanding and management of fish population\/species productivity, stability and resilience in the face of fishing pressure and environmental change. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ...undoubtedly an outstanding book and I strongly recommend it to all scientists, researchers, and students who are interested in migration and fisheries ecology. I cannot praise it highly enough. Marine Biology Research It deserves to be read by everyone with an interest the ecology of fishes, as well as those studying migratory behaviors in other groups. One comes away from the book with the clear impression that studies focusing on single aspects of fish movements are missing much of the story. 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As close as I’ve been to this extraordinary fish as a living creature and as the object of intense debate and conflicting policies over the years, I admire the job Jennifer Telesca has pulled off. I also learned a lot.\"—Carl Safina, author of \u003ci\u003eSong for the Blue Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBecoming Wild\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Engaging and well-argued, \u003ci\u003eRed Gold\u003c\/i\u003e is an exemplary documentation of how bad-faith science conducted at the behest of corporate interests provides cover for the over-exploitation of ‘natural resources.’\"—Daniel Pauly, author of \u003ci\u003eVanishing Fish: Shifting Baselines and the Future of Global Fisheries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRed Gold\u003c\/i\u003e offers a deep and disturbing portrait of the intersecting impacts of the global food chain, international regulation, and ocean conservation. Jennifer E. 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The drive to extinction will not stop until we value these animals as fellow travelers on this planet, rather than as resources from whom we can extract value.\"—Dale Jamieson, director, Center for Environmental and Animal Protection, New York University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In his decades of reviewing environmental policy literature, this reviewer has encountered few books that more passionately or poetically express grief over loss of a species than this extended epitaph for the giant warm-blooded Atlantic bluefin tuna.\"—\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is worth taking a deep dive into \u003ci\u003eRed Gold\u003c\/i\u003e\"—\u003ci\u003ePublic Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jennifer Telesca, in her first ethnographic monograph, writes with exuberance and determination as she examines the geoeconomics of Atlantic Bluefin tuna capture fisheries management. 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