Screen LibraryRed gold : the managed extinction of the giant bluefin tuna /
"Illuminating the conditions for global governance to have precipitated the devastating decline of one of the ocean's most majestic creatures"--
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University of Minnesota Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Minneapolis : |
| Publication Dates: | [2020] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Illuminating the conditions for global governance to have precipitated the devastating decline of one of the ocean's most majestic creatures"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xxiii, 311 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-293) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781517908515 (paperback) : 1517908515 (paperback) 9781517908508 (hardcover) 1517908507 (hardcover) 9781452962337 (electronic book) 1452962332 (electronic book) |
| Index Number: | QL638 |
| CLC: |
F316.4 Q959.485-09 |
| Call Number: | Q959.485-09/T269 |
| Contents: | Introduction : The very elder gods become red gold : value on the high seas -- A history of the bluefin tuna trade : the emergence of commodity empires -- A "stock" splits : profiteering through international law -- Saving the glamour fish : the limits of environmental activism -- Alibis for extermination : the manipulation of fisheries science -- The Libyan caper : a rogue player wins the game -- Conclusion : All hands on deck : confronting the sixth extinction. |