American Catch

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS EDITORS Book Award, Finalist 2014 Greenberg s breezy, engaging style weaves history, politics, environmental policy, and marine biology New Yorker In American Catch, award winning author Paul Greenberg takes the same skills that won him acclaim in Four Fish to uncover the tragic unraveling of the nation s seafood supply telling the surprising story of why Americans stopped eating from their own waters In 2005, the United States imported five billion pounds of seafood, nearly double what we imported twenty years earlier Bizarrely, during that same period, our seafood exports quadrupled American Catch examines New York oysters, Gulf shrimp, and Alaskan salmon to reveal how it came to be that 91 percent of the seafood Americans eat is foreign In the 1920s, the average New Yorker ate six hundred local oysters a year Today, the only edible oysters lie outside city limits Following the trail of environmental desecration, Greenberg comes to view the New York City oyster as a reminder of what is lost when local waters are not valued as a food source Farther south, a different catastrophe threatens another seafood rich environment When Greenberg visits the Gulf of Mexico, he arrives expecting to learn of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill s lingering effects on shrimpers, but instead finds that the immediate threat to business comes from overseas Asian farmed shrimp cheap, abundant, and a perfect vehicle for the frying and sauces Americans love have flooded the American market Finally, Greenberg visits Bristol Bay, Alaska, home to the biggest wild sockeye salmon run left in the world A pristine, productive fishery, Bristol Bay is now at great risk The proposed Pebble Mine project could under mine the very spawning grounds that make this great run possible In his search to discover why this pre cious renewable resource isn t better protected, Green berg encounters a shocking truth the great majority of Alaskan salmon is sent out of the country, much of it to Asia Sockeye salmon is one of the most nutritionally dense animal proteins on the planet, yet Americans are shipping it abroad Despite the challenges, hope abounds In New York, Greenberg connects an oyster restoration project with a vision for how the bivalves might save the city from rising tides In the Gulf, shrimpers band together to offer local catch direct to consumers And in Bristol Bay, fishermen, environmentalists, and local Alaskans gather to roadblock Pebble Mine WithAmerican Catch, Paul Greenberg proposes a way to break the current destructive patterns of consumption and return American catch back to American eatersThe Washington PostAmericans need to eat American seafood It s a point Greenberg makes compellingly clear in his new book, American Catch The Fight for our Local SeafoodGreenberg had at least one convert me Jane Brody, New York Times ExcellentThe Los Angeles TimesIf this makes it sound like American Catch is another of those dry, haranguing issue driven books that you read mostly out of obligation, you needn t worry While Greenberg has a firm grasp of the facts, he also has a storyteller s knack for framing them in an entertaining wayThe GuardianUK A wonderful new book Tom Colicchio This is on the top of my summer reading list A Fast Food Nation for fish. Free Download [ American Catch ] Author [ Paul Greenberg ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr The huge salmon filet that I bought and cooked for my family a few nights ago was both incredibly delicious and simple I seasoned it with some kosher salt, freshly ground pepper, and Californian extra virgin olive oil I then broiled it for a just a few minutes, until the skin started crackling, then topped it witholive oil and fresh dill Of course, it would have been a sin to cook i...A polemical companion to Four Fish, but not quite as strong The general thesis is that America used to have and in many cases still does have significant seafood resources but we have wasted, destroyed, or ignored them In their place, we rely upon largely foreign produced seafood, while exporting our best stuff abroad There s a fair amount of focus on us exporting things to China, which may be wrong but is hard to not view as a slightly xenophobic argument But the parts in here about the A polemical companion to Four Fish, but not quite as strong The general thesis is that America used to have and in many cases still does have significant seafood resources but we have wasted, destroyed, or ignored them In their place, we rely upon largely foreign produced seafood, while exporting our best stuff abroad There s a fair amount of focus on us exporting things to China, which may be wrong but is hard to not view as a slightly xenophobic argument But the parts in here about the destruction of various aqua habitats iscompelling In particular, the first section on New York oysters and their old role in helping to clean the harbor and attempts to reinsert them today is a fascinating story about attempts at environmental cleanup The shrimp section on the destruction in Louisiana plus how foreign goods drive the price down is not quite as good, while the sockeye salmon chapter has some lovely writing around fisheries and what these creatures look like, but also suffers a b...A different take on the fisheries crisis, this book is not about over fishing but about the strange paradox of where American fish wind up, and what fish wind up on American plates Greenberg makes a good case for his chief concern that the lack on appetite literally for wild caught local fish leads Americans to be careless about the health of the ecosystems which sustain those fish He claims, no doubt correctly, that Americans don t like wild fish because they don t want to touch it, don t A different take on the fisheries crisis, this book is not about over fishing but about the strange paradox of where American fish wind up, and what fish wind up on American plates Greenberg makes a good case for his chief concern that the lack on appetite literally for wild caught local fish leads Americans to be careless about the health of the ecosystems which sustain those fish He claims, no doubt correctly, that Americans don t like wild fish because they don t want to touch it, don t know how to cook it and don t...I had read Paul Greenburg s other well known book, Four Fish, and knew that I would gain much needed insight from American Catch The dilemma that Greenburg presents Americans exporting a majority of seafood that we catch, and importing a majority of what we consume was something that was brought to my attention when I worked for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife for a summer I was aware of a lot of ocean caught salmon being brought in to ports in Astoria, and yet it was surprising I had read Paul Greenburg s other well known book, Four Fish, and knew that I would gain much needed insight from American Catch The dilemma that Greenburg presents Americans exporting a majority of seafood that we catch, and importing a majority of what we consume was something that was brought to my attention when I worked for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife for a summer I was aware of a lot of ocean caught salmon being brought in to ports in Astoria, and yet it was surprisingly difficult to find lo...American Catch reminds us that as the appetite of consumerism of the developed world becomes insatiable, our coastlines suffer Big companies listen to our unrealistic demands for year round supplies of fruits, vegetables, and fish Greenberg tells the story of the ill impacts of our seafood as a global economy through the history of three American favorites oysters, salmon, and shrimp Having lived in Louisiana for over 30 years, the chapter on shrimp and its bleak future on American shores American Catch reminds us that as the appetite of consumerism of the developed world becomes insatiable, our coastlines suffer Big companies listen to our unrealistic demands for year round supplies of fruits, vegetables, and fish Greenberg tells the story of the ill impacts of our seafood as a global economy t...Via Goodreads First Reads Paul Greenberg has set some lofty expectations among his readers, and as in previous books, he s lived up to them quite capably This book focuses on three sea creatures, the sockeye salmon, the Louisiana brown shrimp, and the Eastern oyster And he seems to structure it by ascending hopefulness for the species in terms of edibility and continued availablility, from the dire state of the oyster, to the on the fence status of the shrimp, to the cautiously sunny outlook f Via Goodreads First Reads Paul Greenberg has set some lofty expectations among his readers, and as in previous books, he s lived up to them quite capably This book focuses on three sea creatures, the sockeye salmon, the Louisiana brown shrimp, and the Eastern oyster And he seems to structure it by ascending hopefulness for the species in terms of edibility and continued availablility, from the dire state of the oyster, to the on the fence status of the shrimp, to the cautiously sunny outlook for the salmon He artfully blends history with contemporary circumstances, making clear where we, and the fish, were, and how we got to where we are now He is clear but mostly objective in his handling of the man made obstacles and disasters we ve delivered upon the creatures, and discusses the importance of responible fishing practices, and low impact farming But I found myself with a specific question through most...First of all, above all, this guy can write This is as compelling of a read as I ve had in awhile About my favorite thing in non fiction is to be surprised and become interested in something new This is about seafood, and the ecology and economics and politics that surrou...Read it The downside of reading books about our food is that I realize I m eating garbage and am destroying the world most days BUT the upside is that I learn what I could be doing better And the kind folks as Whole Goods are always so accommodating when I develop new qu...All that the sea asks of us is that we be wise in our harvest, recognize the limits of its bounty, and protect the places where seafood wealth is born In return the sea will feed us and make us smarter, healthier, andresilient What makes for great nonfiction writing, in my opinion, is passion Greenberg is a hands on researcher and environmental advocate, but he s also a fisherman His texts ring with authenticity and true appreciation for his subject matter, making him one of my favori All that the sea asks of us is that we be wise in our harvest, recognize the limits of its bounty, and protect the places where seafood wealth is born In return the sea will feed us and make us smarter, healthier, andresilient What makes for great nonfiction writing, in my opinion, is passion Greenberg is a hands on researcher and environmental advocate, but he s also a fisherman His texts ring with authenticity and true appreciation for his subject matter, making him one of my favorite env...I found myself at the end of this book before I even suspected that I was close This happened because apparently 40% of the book is endnotes, which is neither here nor there but does say something about a book s construction and documentation This is a book about American fisheries, with an agenda focused on raising awareness about seafood as a natural resource that United Statesians should be both protecting and consuming It s presented in 3 sections meant to show U.S fisheries at different I found myself at the end of this book before I even suspected that I was close This happened because apparently 40% of the book is endnotes, which is neither here nor there but does say something about a book s construction and documentation This is a book about American fisheries, with an agenda focused on raising awareness about seafood as a natural resource that United Statesians should be both protecting and consuming It s presented in 3 sections meant to show U.S fisheries at different stages of health New York oysters fucked up beyond any near term redemption , gulf shrimp struggling, but possibly still viable under the right management , and Alaskan sockeye healthy and reasonably well managed as a fishery, but constantly under threat from ...

• 03 August 2018
Paul Greenberg
• Hardcover
• 320 pages
• 1594204489
• Paul Greenberg
• American Catch