Striper wars an American fish story

Striper Wars is a tale replete with heroes--and some villains--as the struggle to save the striper migrated down the coast from Massachusetts to Maryland. Russell introduces us to a postman at arms against a burly trap-net fisherman, a renowned state governor caving to special interests, and a fishi...

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Tác giả chính: Russell, Dick
Tác giả khác: by Dick Russell; illustrations by Anthony Benton Gude
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Được phát hành: Washington Island Press/Shearwater Books
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300 |a x, 358 p. 
300 |b ill., maps 
300 |c 23 cm 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-348) and index 
520 |a Striper Wars is a tale replete with heroes--and some villains--as the struggle to save the striper migrated down the coast from Massachusetts to Maryland. Russell introduces us to a postman at arms against a burly trap-net fisherman, a renowned state governor caving to special interests, and a fishing-tackle maker fighting alongside marine biologists. And he describes how champions of this singular fish blocked power plants and New York's Westway Project that would otherwise compromise its habitat. Unfortunately, those who cheered the triumphant ending to the campaign, as the coastal states enacted measures that enabled the striped bass to make its comeback, have found the peace transitory--there is now a new enemy emerging on the front 
650 |a Striped bass fishing 
700 |a by Dick Russell; illustrations by Anthony Benton Gude 
700 |e illustrations 
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