Silver shoals : five fish that made Britain
Rangeley-Wilson, Charles2018
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On these rain-swept islands in the North Atlantic man and fish go back a long way. Fish are woven through the fabric of the country's history: we depend on them - for food, for livelihood and for fun - and now their fate depends on us in a relationship which has become more complex, passionate and precarious in the sophisticated 21st century. In 'Silver Shoals Charles Rangeley-Wilson travels north, south, east and west through the British Isles tracing the histories, living and past, of our most iconic fish - cod, carp, eels, salmon and herring - and of the fishermen who catch them and care for them. In the company of trawlermen, longshoremen, conservationists and anglers Charles goes to sea in a trawler, whiles away hot afternoons setting eel nets, tries to bag his first elusive carp and drifts for herring on Guy Fawkes night as fireworks starburst the sky.
Main title:
Silver shoals : five fish that made Britain / Charles Rangeley-Wilson.
Author:
Rangeley-Wilson, Charles, author
Imprint:
London : Chatto & Windus, 2018.
Collation:
359 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781784740863 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
799.10941
Language:
English
BRN:
2233648