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S'està carregant… Servants of the Fish: A Portrait of Newfoundland After the Great Cod Collapsede Myron Arms
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As the last of the northern cod disappeared from the fishing banks of eastern North America during the waning years of the 20th century, more than just fish faced the threat of extinction. In communities all around the island of Newfoundland, thousands of fishermen and their families suddenly found themselves confronted by a similar threat.Servants of the Fish is the story of these people, who are at once the perpetrators and the victims of this event. As he did in his best-selling Riddle of the Ice, Arms employs the drama of the voyage to bring readers face to face with the people and the geography of the tale he tells. It is the tale of a particular time and place. Yet it is also an allegory of sorts-about predators and prey, about greed and denial, and about our collective ability as human beings to destroy natural systems once thought to be infinite. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Arms' social history of life in Newfoundland after the moratorium is fascinating. He is thorough in his reasearch, relying not just on the fishermen to provide him information, but the scientists and politicians (however unpopular) as well. In the end, he comes out with a well-rounded view of post-moratorium Newfoundland, its displaced fishermen and those who have adopted a new fishery to support themselves, the general cuisine of the island that relied so heavily on its cod industry and the science behind why the temporary moratorium was still at the book's publication (and remains 15 years on from its imposition) in place.
Overall, an excellent read if you want to know more about Newfoundland at the turn of the new century, the codfishing industry, the people who had and have made a living on the water and/or the science of why, 15 years later, the cod population has failed to recover as the DFO expected it to do within a few years. (