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Bluebacks and Silver Brights|Allan Safarik
Bluebacks and Silver Brights : A Lifetime in the B.C. Fisheries from Bounty to Plunder
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Overview

A captivating memoir set during the pinnacle of West Coast fishing More than a history of the Vancouver fishing industry, Bluebacks and Silver Brights is a collection of great adventures set on the Pacific coast. With dozens of salty tales of hardworking and hard-living fisherman and fish industry workers, this is Norman Safarik's story of West Coast fishing from the Gulf of Georgia to Prince Rupert, with a detour to New York's old-time fish markets. With wisdom and insight, Safarik's story is also an ecological warning, recalling the lost bounty of Canada's natural resources of a century ago, and their possible extinction today at the hands of government mismanagement and overfishing.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781770410411
  • ISBN-10: 1770410414
  • Publisher: ECW Press
  • Publish Date: June 2012
  • Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.25 pounds
  • Page Count: 408

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