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| Song for the Blue Ocean: Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the Seas | 
| Author: Carl Safina
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 175450
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st Owl Books Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 480
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0805061223
Dewey Decimal Number: 333.95616
EAN: 9780805061222
ASIN: 0805061223
Publication Date: June 15, 1999
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 Intellectually Dishonest and tells a biased story. March 2, 1998
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
Carl Safina has omitted much material that would reveal the half truths in this book. There is no doubt that the oceans are stressed but to hide facts that refute the calamitous state that Safina would have us believe is the only truth is dis-honest.Two years prior to publication of this book the National Academy of Sciences refuted the Biology of the NMFS scientists with regard to the stock assessment of Bluefin Tuna and agreed with the industry that the recovery has proceeded beyond NMFS belief.
a fascinating, poetic, informative, gripping book. January 6, 1998
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Carl Safina's tour of our oceans is one of the best of its genre I've read. His particular skill lies in combining poetic evocations of the beauty of our marine ecosystems with hard-nosed assessments of their status (basically, on life-support, at best). Focusing on the bluefin tuna in the Atlantic, the salmon of the Pacific Northwest, and the coral reefs of Oceania, Safina manages to convey the threats to these treasures without terminally depressing the reader. Indeed, some of the best parts of the book are the inspiring tales of those who, fully cognizant of the enormity of their struggles, are still fighting and winning battles to save their small parts of the world. This book is a rare achievement.
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