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Book Synopsis
Sounding an alarm over the potential extinction of many albatross species, this book encourages individuals, environmental groups, fishery oversight bodies, and governments to create sustainable management practices for whole ocean ecosystems.

Table of Contents
  • Foreword by H.R.H. Prince of Wales
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction by John Croxall
  • Milestones: Albatross Encounters and Concerns
  • Chapter One. Storytelling
  • Part I: The Albatross
    • Chapter Two. Plunder
    • Chapter Three. Science
    • Chapter Four. Connections
    • Chapter Five. Home
    • Chapter Six. Family
  • Part II: Crossings
    • Chapter Seven. Migration
    • Chapter Eight. Globalization
    • Chapter Nine. Commons
  • Part III: Birds and Fish
    • Chapter Ten. Fish
    • Chapter Eleven. Management
    • Chapter Twelve. Crisis
    • Chapter Thirteen. Bycatch
  • Part IV: Sea Change
    • Chapter Fourteen. Links
    • Chapter Fifteen. Engineering
    • Chapter Sixteen. Turning Point
  • Part V: Agents of Change
    • Chapter Seventeen. Fishers
    • Chapter Eighteen. Governments
    • Chapter Nineteen. Nongovernmentals
    • Chapter Twenty. Trade
    • Chapter Twenty-one. Celebrities
    • Chapter Twenty-two. Capstone
  • Conclusion. Hope
  • Appendix: CCAMLR and Seabird Mortality
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

The Albatross and the Fish

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      Book details

      Publisher University of Texas Press
      Published 1 November 2011
      ISBN-13 9780292726826
      978-0292726826
      ISBN-10 0292726821
      Also in:
      Conservation of the environment Oceanography (seas and oceans) Zoology: birds (ornithology)

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Sounding an alarm over the potential extinction of many albatross species, this book encourages individuals, environmental groups, fishery oversight bodies, and governments to create sustainable management practices for whole ocean ecosystems.

      Table of Contents
      • Foreword by H.R.H. Prince of Wales
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction by John Croxall
      • Milestones: Albatross Encounters and Concerns
      • Chapter One. Storytelling
      • Part I: The Albatross
        • Chapter Two. Plunder
        • Chapter Three. Science
        • Chapter Four. Connections
        • Chapter Five. Home
        • Chapter Six. Family
      • Part II: Crossings
        • Chapter Seven. Migration
        • Chapter Eight. Globalization
        • Chapter Nine. Commons
      • Part III: Birds and Fish
        • Chapter Ten. Fish
        • Chapter Eleven. Management
        • Chapter Twelve. Crisis
        • Chapter Thirteen. Bycatch
      • Part IV: Sea Change
        • Chapter Fourteen. Links
        • Chapter Fifteen. Engineering
        • Chapter Sixteen. Turning Point
      • Part V: Agents of Change
        • Chapter Seventeen. Fishers
        • Chapter Eighteen. Governments
        • Chapter Nineteen. Nongovernmentals
        • Chapter Twenty. Trade
        • Chapter Twenty-one. Celebrities
        • Chapter Twenty-two. Capstone
      • Conclusion. Hope
      • Appendix: CCAMLR and Seabird Mortality
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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