The Most Important Fish in the Sea: Menhaden and America
In this brilliant portrait of the oceans’ unlikely hero, H. Bruce Franklin shows how menhaden have shaped America’s national—and natural—history, and why reckless overfishing now threatens their place in both. Since Native Americans began using menhaden as fertilizer, this amazing fish has greased the wheels of U.S. agriculture and industry. By the mid-1870s, menhaden had replaced whales as a principal source of industrial lubricant, with hundreds of ships and dozens of factories along the...
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\ Baltimore Sun"Franklin''s book on the runty menhaden is a killer whale achievement. It''s an eloquent call to end the phony business of incremental regulation of fisheries that are rapidly being driven by industry into the abyss."\ — Tom Pelton\ \ \ \ \ \ Washington PostFranklin''s "''prose is lucid and infused with an urgency that depends little on hyperbole and largely on careful documentation. His compelling narrative informs and enlightens."\ — Susan P. Williams\ \ \ \ Newark Star-Ledger"This a fascinating, chilling and yet hopeful account of fish we need for the health of our marine environment."\ — Patricia Turner\ \ \ \ \ \ Washington PostFranklin's "'prose is lucid and infused with an urgency that depends little on hyperbole and largely on careful documentation. His compelling narrative informs and enlightens."\ \ \ \ \ \ Newark Star-Ledger"This a fascinating, chilling and yet hopeful account of fish we need for the health of our marine environment."\ \ \ \ \ \ Baltimore Sun "Franklin's book on the runty menhaden is a killer whale achievement. It's an eloquent call to end the phony business of incremental regulation of fisheries that are rapidly being driven by industry into the abyss."\ \ \
