In Search of Monster Fish

Angling for a More Sustainable Planet

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

In Search of Monster Fish is an action-packed, knee-slapping ride into and out of the belly of the beast. Join extreme angler Mark Spitzer as he encounters man-eating catfish, ruthless barracuda, lacerating conger eels, berserk tarpon, and blood-curdling sharks in locales as exotic as the Amazon, Catalonia, the Dominican Republic, Senegal, and even in our own backyards.But this eco-odyssey isn’t just about meeting and releasing some of the most grotesque lunkers in the world. It’s about implementing solutions for problems as behemoth as global warming and issues as common as choosing what to eat for dinner. And as the ice caps melt at the rate of 1 percent annually, Spitzer battles his most epic goliath: a leviathan that dwells in the depths of us all, making us ask who the real monsters are, what our responsibilities truly are, and what we can possibly do to sustain our planet and ourselves when faced with such demonic disenlightenment. Spitzer then beats this whopper into submission by reframing his call to action and finding his own way. A new portal to the underworld has been opened in the cutting-edge literature of monster fish, and this is your entry ticket.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-06-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt:466 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:University of Nebraska Press
ISBN:9781496211880

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Mark Spitzer is an associate professor of writing at the University of Central Arkansas. He is the author of more than twenty-five books, including Season of the Gar: Adventures in Pursuit of America’s Most Misunderstood Fish and Beautifully Grotesque Fish of the American West (Nebraska, 2017). Spitzer has consulted for Nat Geo’s Monster Fish and appeared on Animal Planet’s River Monsters.

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"It's the juxtaposition of Spitzer's thoughtful and adventurous sides that sets his book apart, making for a powerful mixture of entertaining wildlife jaunt and moving environmental advocacy."-Publishers Weekly "[Spitzer] takes a rollicking, madcap, sometimes surreal approach to fishing and conservation-pursuing fishy monsters with zeal, and finding life lessons along the way."-Matthew L. Miller, Cool Green Science "I recommend that you join Mark Spitzer on his expeditions in this fun- and monster-filled book and plan your next fishing quest."-Donald Orth, vtichthyology.blogspot.com “From heaving seas off the coast of Gambia to the sublime shorelines of Italy’s Lake Como, In Search of Monster Fish is an angler’s odyssey in pursuit of strange and wonderful fish-and a quest to find a higher truth about conservation and the future of wild nature on our planet.”-Stephen Sautner, author of Fish On, Fish Off “The writing often soars to extraordinary, lyrical heights. . . . Like the barracuda, Spitzer has the huevos to take on anything and anyone.”-Henry Hughes, author of Back Seat with Fish

Innehållsförteckning

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgments1. Demythologizing Demonologies: Snakeheads and Piranhas Rabid in the Amazon2. Welsing for Colossals in Catfishalonia: A Hypothetical History3. Cuda Chaos in the Dominican Republic: Only Beaten by the Waves4. Sportfishing Gar: An Old Dog's Failure Proves a Point5. Monster-Fishing Shark Off Montauk: Reframing the Narratives of Fisheries and Ourselves6. Monster Carp in France: In Pursuit of Fish without Borders7. Bananas for Tarpon: A Matter of Timing in the Gambia and Beyond8. Striking Gold in Senegal: One Monster Fish Leads to Another9. Attack of the Italian Zander: Putting Back More Than We Take Out10. Translating an Eely Ionian Monsterfest into Top Predator Decimation: More Than Just a MetaphorConclusion: Fishery Solutions for the DisenlightenmentNotes