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Cod A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World

Mark Kurlansky

“A charming fish tale and a pretty gift for your favorite seafood cook or fishing monomaniac. But in the last analysis, it’s a bitter ecological fable for our time.” – is the biography of a single species of fish, but it may as well be a world history with this humble fish as its recurring main cha...

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The MeatEater Podcast

It was published in 1997 and discussed the problems of overfishing and the collapse of the northern stock in the Grand Banks, prompting serious public consideration of commercial fisheries regulation. The author later realized that overfishing was only a minor issue compared to more complex problems.

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In 1997 I came out with my book on Cod. And this was as the northern stock in the Grand Banks was collapsing.

— Episode: Ep. 217: Mark Kurlansky on Saving Salmon

Episode: Ep. 217: Mark Kurlansky on Saving Salmon

It was published in 1997 and discussed the problems of overfishing and the collapse of the northern stock in the Grand Banks, prompting serious public consideration of commercial fisheries regulation. The author later realized that overfishing was only a minor issue compared to more complex problems.

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In 1997 I came out with my book on Cod. And this was as the northern stock in the Grand Banks was collapsing.

And people were really for the first time seriously thinking about the problems of overfishing and regulating commercial fisheries. I mean, the general public was.

It's become clear to me that overfishing and regulating fisheries is a minor problem.

Episode: Ep. 217: Mark Kurlansky on Saving Salmon

It was published in 1997 and discussed the problems of overfishing and regulating commercial fisheries, a topic the author revisited in his later book on salmon.

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In 1997 I came out with my book on Cod. And this was as the northern stock in the Grand Banks was collapsing. And people were really for the first time seriously thinking about the problems of overfishing and regulating commercial fisheries.

When my Cod book came out it came out at the same time as Sebastian Younger's Perfect Storm and we did a TV show together in Rhode Island

Episode: Ep. 217: Mark Kurlansky on Saving Salmon

It was published in 1997, at the time of the collapse of the northern cod stock in the Grand Banks, and discussed overfishing and the regulation of commercial fisheries. The author used it to monitor fisheries and subsequent events, which led to his new book about salmon.

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In 1997, I came out with my book on cod. And this was as the northern stock in the Grand Banks was collapsing.

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