Rough Waters by Nancy Danielson Mendenhall

Rough Waters by Nancy Danielson Mendenhall

Get an insider's look at the massive threats facing the Northwest Coast small-boat fishermen in Nancy Danielson Mendenhall's fascinating new book, Rough Waters.

Sweeping ecological and climate changes, weak management, and pushback from industrial fishing are all conspiring to gradually undermine the ability of small-scale commercial fishermen to make a living. As a result, fishing families and towns from Alaska to Oregon-and those businesses that rely on them-are struggling to stay afloat.

Mendenhall delves into the root causes and effects of the industry's problems through stories, photos, in-depth interviews with those most affected, and analysis from biologists and social researchers.

The book presents the issue in two parts, first analyzing the state-managed fisheries on the West Coast and then looking at federally managed fisheries. Mendenhall goes on to compare the industry in the United States with those in other parts of the world and then examines the destruction wrought by the new strategy of catch share management.

As more national environmental groups take interest in the plight of small-boat fishermen, hope that the industry can be saved has been rekindled. But as Rough Waters reveals, the battle to preserve this unique livelihood won't stop any time soon.

Nancy Mendenhall grew up on Puget Sound in Washington State and spent her childhood summers until 1943 at her grandparents' Willowbank Farm just north of the White Bluffs townsite. She earned a Masters in English from Western Washington University. An Alaska resident since 1961, she taught in the public schools, then for the University of Alaska Fairbanks, retiring as campus director at Nome. Mendenhall published Beachlines: A Pocket History of Nome in 1997. She coordinated a three-year Rockefeller Foundation oral history project for the Nome area. She is currently working on a book on west coast commercial fishing issues.

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ISBN 13	9780692502785
ISBN 10	0692502785
Title	Rough Waters
Author	Nancy Danielson Mendenhall
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Far Eastern Press
Year published	2015-11-06
Number of pages	504
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