The Western Flyer - Steinbeck's Boat, The Sea Of Cortez, And The Saga Of Pacific Fisheries
Year: 2015 Language: English Author: Bailey K.M. Genre: Historical Publisher: University of Chicago Press Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 187 Description: In January 2010, the Gemini was moored in the Swinomish Slough on a Native American reservation near Anacortes, Washington. Unbeknownst to almost everyone, the rusted and dilapidated boat was in fact the most famous fishing vessel ever to have sailed: the original Western Flyer, immortalized in John Steinbeck’s nonfiction classic The Log from the Sea of Cortez. In this book, Kevin M. Bailey resurrects this forgotten witness to the changing tides of Pacific fisheries. He draws on the Steinbeck archives, interviews with family members of crew, and more than three decades of working in Pacific Northwest fisheries to trace the depletion of marine life through the voyages of a single ship. After Steinbeck and his friend Ed Ricketts—a pioneer in the study of the West Coast’s diverse sea life and the inspiration behind “Doc” in Cannery Row—chartered the boat for their now-famous 1940 expedition, the Western Flyer returned to its life as a sardine seiner in California. But when the sardine fishery in Monterey collapsed, the boat moved on: fishing for Pacific ocean perch off Washington, king crab in the Bering Sea off Alaska, and finally wild Pacific salmon—all industries that would also face collapse. Additional info: About the Author Kevin M. Bailey is the founding director of the Man & Sea Institute, was affiliate professor for over thirty years at the University of Washington, and was formerly a senior scientist at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center.
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The Western Flyer - Steinbeck's Boat, The Sea Of Cortez, And The Saga Of Pacific Fisheries
Language: English
Author: Bailey K.M.
Genre: Historical
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 187
Description: In January 2010, the Gemini was moored in the Swinomish Slough on a Native American reservation near Anacortes, Washington. Unbeknownst to almost everyone, the rusted and dilapidated boat was in fact the most famous fishing vessel ever to have sailed: the original Western Flyer, immortalized in John Steinbeck’s nonfiction classic The Log from the Sea of Cortez.
In this book, Kevin M. Bailey resurrects this forgotten witness to the changing tides of Pacific fisheries. He draws on the Steinbeck archives, interviews with family members of crew, and more than three decades of working in Pacific Northwest fisheries to trace the depletion of marine life through the voyages of a single ship. After Steinbeck and his friend Ed Ricketts—a pioneer in the study of the West Coast’s diverse sea life and the inspiration behind “Doc” in Cannery Row—chartered the boat for their now-famous 1940 expedition, the Western Flyer returned to its life as a sardine seiner in California. But when the sardine fishery in Monterey collapsed, the boat moved on: fishing for Pacific ocean perch off Washington, king crab in the Bering Sea off Alaska, and finally wild Pacific salmon—all industries that would also face collapse.
Additional info: About the Author
Kevin M. Bailey is the founding director of the Man & Sea Institute, was affiliate professor for over thirty years at the University of Washington, and was formerly a senior scientist at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center.
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