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"With breathtaking images and compelling stories, an underwater photographer chronicles the glory, and devastation, of our changing oceans. When author Jeff Rotman began his adventures as an underwater photographer more than 40 years ago, he relished the beauty of the deep sea and the thrill of the hunt. A member of an elite group of photographers, he has captured iconic photographs of sharks and other creatures of the deep that can be seen in National Geographic as well as the Discovery Channel's Shark Week television series. Rotman's passion for photographing marine life took a dramatic turn when he found a pile of sharks at the bottom of the sea stripped of their fins and left to die by rogue fisherman. 'The Last Fisherman' documents the catastrophic changes in ocean wildlife and the people whose lives depend on hunting it. Rotman has witnessed the decimation of cod by fishermen dragging the North Atlantic and the near obliteration of the shark population in the Cocos from ""long lining."" His journey mirrors our view of the oceans as places of wonder, to the fragile hunting grounds they are today. In his introduction, marine biologist Les Kaufman discusses how the ""emptying out of the oceans"" has progressed over time. But he also includes stories of hope as scientists, fisherman-and observers like Jeff Rotman-come to agree that the time is now for a new approach to the most fundamental of human activities, finding sustenance in the water around us. AUTHOR: Jeffrey L. Rotman is one of the world's leading underwater photographers. His work has been featured on television as well as in National Geographic, Life, Time, Smithsonian, Natural History, and The New York Times Magazine, and in many other publications. Rotman is the author of numerous books, including 'Shark!' and 'Underwater Eden: 365 Days'. Yair Harel is the author of educational books, multi-media Internet sites, and other publications of popular science. He is also a screenplay writer for TV dramas and a novelist. Harel, also a diver, lives in Tel Aviv, Israel. 200 colour photographs"

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Author:   Jeffrey L. Rotman ,  Yair Harel
Publisher:   Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Imprint:   Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Weight:   1.814kg
ISBN:  

9780789211910

ISBN 10:   0789211912
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   13 November 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents from The Last Fisherman INTRODUCTION: A SPACE TO HEAL PROLOGUE: A SUNSET REFLECTED PART I: IN SEARCH OF BEAUTY AND AWE FIRST CONTACT Primordial Soup: New England Aladdin's Cave: Discovering the Tropics Gallery: Capturing Beauty SHARK FRENZY Close Encounters The Bite PART II: CROSSING THE LINE THE START OF A QUEST It's Nothing but Dead Sharks Where Is the True Number Hiding? Casting for Answers HOW CAN YOU CAPTURE SOMETHING THAT IS MISSING? PART III: THE LAST HUNTING GROUNDS NETS COMBING THE SEA--TRAWLING Scraping the Bottom: New England A Very Rich Bycatch: Morocco Fish as Main Course: Cambodia HAND-BAITING HOOKS--LONGLINE FISHING A Thousand Stations in Mid-Ocean: India What Will Be Left for the Next Generation? The Azores FOLLOWING TRADITION--ARTISINAL FISHING War Was Good for the Fish: Mozambique Whose Turtles Are These? Miskito Cays Like Sharks, Fisherman Cannot Go Backwards: Sea of Cortez, Mexico Colors Caught in the Net: Red Sea EPILOGUE: THE LAST FISHERMAN FURTHER READING AND RESOURCES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INDEX

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"Praise for The Last Fisherman: ""Rotman...transform[s] information about the catastrophic changes in the ocean into a poignant personal narrative."" -- Publisher's Weekly ""This book is not only a treasure to be cherished by nature enthusiasts but also an intriguing resource that ought to make its way into science classrooms."" -- Publisher's Weekly ""Looks at the beauty and the tragedy...Otherworldly stunning...Wow."" -- Chicago Tribune ""Among fellow photographers, naturalists and divers, Jeffrey L. Rotman is regarded with awe, so difficult is his specialty, so great his mastery of it."" - The Observer, London ""Jeff Rotman's images and words reveal our ocean ecosystems in collapse as one fish species after another is decimated. What is at stake is nothing less that our planet's very life support system."" -- Howard Hall, filmmaker, Island of the Sharks"

Rotman...transform[s] information about the catastrophic changes in the ocean into a poignant personal narrative. --Publisher's Weekly This book is not only a treasure to be cherished by nature enthusiasts but also an intriguing resource that ought to make its way into science classrooms. -- Publisher's Weekly Looks at the beauty and the tragedy. --Chicago Tribune Otherworldly stunning. --Chicago Tribune Wow. --Chicago Tribune

Author Information

Jeffrey L. Rotman is one of the world's leading underwater photographers. His award-winning work has been featured on television as well as in National Geographic, Life, Time, Smithsonian, Natural History, and The New York Times Magazine, and in many other publications. Rotman is the author of numerous books, including Shark! and Underwater Eden: 365 Days. Yair Harel is an author of books and materials on popular science. Harel, also a diver, lives in Tel Aviv, Israel. Les Kaufman is professor of marine biology at Boston University. Kaufman is also a marine conservation fellow for Conservation International and research scholar at the New England Aquarium. He won the Parker Gentry Award for Conservation Biology in 2011 and recently received a MacArthur grant.

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