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The new fish : the truth about farmed salmon and the consequences we can no longer ignore / Simen Sætre and Kjetil Østli ; translated from the Norwegian language by Siân Mackie.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Norwegian Publisher: Ventura, CA : Patagonia, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Edition: Paperback editionDescription: 365 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781952338144
  • 195233814X
Uniform titles:
  • Nye fisken. English
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Contents:
Prologue -- The new fish comes into being -- The pioneers build an industry -- The salmon louse finds its niche -- Recounting summers by the river -- The new fish finds its color -- The new fish escapes -- The new fish is attacked by lice -- The new fish raises warnings -- The new fish gets sick -- A salmon researcher is silenced -- Big plans for the new fish -- Fixing the new fish -- A tangent leads to a monster -- A sad story about a mysterious substance -- Might the new fish be healthy after all? -- The little shrimp and a fatal poisoning -- A chief takes a stand -- We get to the heart of the matter -- A mysterious disappearance -- The story of a tragic hero -- Saving the world with the new fish -- We go to a conference about...lice -- We are fascinated by a wealthy young man -- Encountering a dreamer -- A researcher asks: How healthy is the fish? -- The new fish makes an enemy -- The new fish conquers a new land -- When you write about salmon -- We reflect on what we have learned -- We seek one last secret paradise.
Summary: "In a prizewinning five-year investigation, authors Simen Sætre and Kjetil Østli took an in-depth look at Norway's role in the global salmon industry and, for the first time, produced a comprehensive evaluation of the detrimental effects of salmon farming. From lice to escapees, from concentrating the waste of sea pens in the fjords through which wild salmon swim to their natal streams to the fact that salmon farming causes a net reduction of protein reaped from the ocean, the results don't look good. Recent victories, such as the banning of net-pen fish farms in the waters of Washington State, are an indication that we are awakening to the environmental price of engineered fish. It is said that we will continue to make the same mistakes unless we understand them. The New Fish combines nature writing from Norwegian fjords, the coast of Canada, Icelandic landscapes and the far south of Chile with character-driven literary non-fiction and classic muckraking. The authors started with this question: What happens when you create a new animal and place it in the sea? This book will tell you the answer"-- Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Eat more fish, the doctors say. But is the salmon you are consuming really healthy?

In the early 1970s, a group of scientists researched how to make more food for the growing population of the world. They looked to the sea. They sampled genes from salmon in 41 Norwegian and Swedish rivers and designed a new salmon that was fatter and faster growing. This was considered an amazing innovation and was the beginning of a new industry: salmon farming.

The industry spread from coastal Norway to Scotland, Canada, Australia, Ireland, Chile, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and the United States. Business boomed, jobs were created, and a new type of food, the farmed salmon, spread around the globe. People everywhere bought and enjoyed the abundant fish: grilled, poached, roasted, and as sushi and sashimi. They were grateful for this delicious, affordable protein.


But at what cost?


We now know that there were unintended consequences: some of these new fish escaped, competing for sustenance with other fish in the sea. The new fish spread diseases, salmon louse swarmed, and wild salmon stocks dwindles.


In a prizewinning five-year investigation, authors Simen Sætre and Kjetil Østli took an in-depth look at Norway's role in the global salmon industry and, for the first time, produced a comprehensive evaluation of the detrimental effects of salmon farming. From lice to escapees, from concentrating the waste of sea pens in the fjords through which wild salmon swim to their natal streams to the fact that salmon farming causes a net reduction of protein reaped from the ocean, the results don't look good. Recent victories, such as the banning of net-pen fish farms in the waters of Washington State, are an indication that we are awakening to the environmental price of engineered fish.

It is said that we will continue to make the same mistakes unless we understand them. The New Fish combines nature writing from Norwegian fjords, the coast of Canada, Icelandic landscapes and the far south of Chile with character-driven literary non-fiction and classic muckraking. The authors started with this question: What happens when you create a new animal and place it in the sea? This book will tell you the answer.




"Originally published in Norway as 'Den Nye Fisken' by Spartacus in 2021"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-355) and index.

Prologue -- The new fish comes into being -- The pioneers build an industry -- The salmon louse finds its niche -- Recounting summers by the river -- The new fish finds its color -- The new fish escapes -- The new fish is attacked by lice -- The new fish raises warnings -- The new fish gets sick -- A salmon researcher is silenced -- Big plans for the new fish -- Fixing the new fish -- A tangent leads to a monster -- A sad story about a mysterious substance -- Might the new fish be healthy after all? -- The little shrimp and a fatal poisoning -- A chief takes a stand -- We get to the heart of the matter -- A mysterious disappearance -- The story of a tragic hero -- Saving the world with the new fish -- We go to a conference about...lice -- We are fascinated by a wealthy young man -- Encountering a dreamer -- A researcher asks: How healthy is the fish? -- The new fish makes an enemy -- The new fish conquers a new land -- When you write about salmon -- We reflect on what we have learned -- We seek one last secret paradise.

"In a prizewinning five-year investigation, authors Simen Sætre and Kjetil Østli took an in-depth look at Norway's role in the global salmon industry and, for the first time, produced a comprehensive evaluation of the detrimental effects of salmon farming. From lice to escapees, from concentrating the waste of sea pens in the fjords through which wild salmon swim to their natal streams to the fact that salmon farming causes a net reduction of protein reaped from the ocean, the results don't look good. Recent victories, such as the banning of net-pen fish farms in the waters of Washington State, are an indication that we are awakening to the environmental price of engineered fish. It is said that we will continue to make the same mistakes unless we understand them. The New Fish combines nature writing from Norwegian fjords, the coast of Canada, Icelandic landscapes and the far south of Chile with character-driven literary non-fiction and classic muckraking. The authors started with this question: What happens when you create a new animal and place it in the sea? This book will tell you the answer"-- Provided by publisher.

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