Ocean Treasure: Commercial Fishing in Alaska
- Author: Terry Johnson
- Editor: Kurt Byers
- Pub. no.: SG-ED-41
- Year: 2003
- No. pages: 200
- Price: $25.00 US
- ISBN: 1-56612-080-2
View sample pages
- Introduction (pp. 2-3)
- Purse Seiner (p. 25)
- Longliner (pp. 38-39)
- Rockfishes (pp. 94-95)
- Flatfishes (pp. 96-97)
- Crabs (pp. 98-99)
- Marketing (pp. 122-123)
Description
Ocean Treasure is a full-color book about the Alaska fishing industry. Author Terry Johnson provides an engaging and authoritative overview of the seafood industry, combined with color photos and drawings of fish and invertebrates and the gear used to harvest them. Ocean Treasure tells how to recognize fishing boats and gear, what the fish look like, and how good they taste. Readers are treated to an account of the fascinating history of Alaska fishing, insight into mariculture, how the fisheries are managed, and the lifestyle involved in subsistence fishing. The book also offers a bibliography, a glossary, and a full index.
Visitors to Alaska whose curiosity is piqued by the fishing vessels and dock activity they see, as well as "armchair" Alaska tourists, will be rewarded by the information-packed pages presented in the easy-to-read, friendly text of this book.
A resident of Homer, Alaska, author Terry Johnson is a marine advisory agent and journalist, and has sixteen years experience as commercial fisherman.
Awards
- 2004 Silver Award for four-color popular publications, Association for Communication Excellence
- 2004 Award of Excellence, Blue Pencil Award competition, National Association of Government Communicators
