Ocean Book of the Month
Every month, The Ocean Project highlights a book focused on our blue planet or environmental sustainability. Books for all age groups will be covered, non-fiction and fiction, prose and poetry. If you have a suggestion, please let us know.
Entanglements:
The Intertwined Fates of Whales and Fishermen
By Tora Johnson
As suggested by the book's website:
Centuries of whale-human interaction have led to the crisis explored in this engaging, intimate tale about the battle between conservation, tradition, and economics in the waters of the Atlantic. Entanglements explores the clash of cultures and personalities among fishermen, scientists, and whale advocates struggling to save both the endangered right whale and the livelihoods of thousands of coastal families. About 400 right whales remain in the North Atlantic, and scientists warn that collisions with fishing gear are imperiling the species' future. The political climate surrounding the critically endangered large whale is contentious, complex, and heartrending. Without pointing fingers or laying blame, Tora Johnson explores every side of the issue. She takes us to sea with fishermen who struggle to stay in business, setting traps and gillnets in the whale's habitat, and with members of rescue teams who attempt to cut away deadly rope from whales in the wild. Weaving their stories and her personal observations into a discussion of the science and history of the conflict, she offers a balance of perceptions.
Entanglements is about the relationship of humans to the sea and the long-term impacts of our actions on large marine mammals and fish that we struggle to catch and eat sustainably. Our fishing methods at times not only overcatch fish to the point of making populations dwindle in size, but leave dangerous fishing gear behind in natural habitats that hurt larger marine animals through a variety of ways.
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