Their Fathers' Work: Casting Nets with the World's Fishermen

William McCloskey is a retired member of the John Hopkins University applied physics laboratory. McCloskey's particular passion is commercial fishing. He began hiring out on sabbaticals and vacations 25 years ago. He has fished all over the world with First and Third world crews of many nationalities. "What such writers as Owen Wister and J. Frank Dobie were to the cowboy, Bill McCloskey may be to the Alaska fisherman."--Anchorage Times. "McCloskey invokes vividly the strenuous but exhilarating life of men against the implecable ocean."--Library Journal. "With all his experiences across space and time, McCloskey occupies a unique position among observers of the world fishing industry. He's been there. He has perspective."--Alaska Fisherman's Journal.

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Asking for It--Bering Sea2 It's a Livin'--Georges Bank3 Rollers--Chignik, Alaska, 19864 Atavism--Chignik, Alaska, 19865 Encroachments6 Knee-Deep in Crude and Bullshit--The "EXXON Valdez" Disaster7 Turbot Warriors--The Grand Banks8 Myre Remembered--Norwegians9 Russians and Spaniards--Flemish Cap, 199610 Outporters11 Plankton Soup--Chile12 Siwashers--Chiloe Island, Chile13 Barefoot on the Java Sea14 Unseen Forces15 The Unforgiving Bar--Greymouth, New Zealand16 The Fish Habits of Japan17 Fencing the Ocean Commons--The Winners and the Anxious Dispossessed18 Mr. Bigfoot on the Raw-Bacon Circuit--Japan, 1980 and 198819 Harpooners--Ayukawa, Central Japan20 Hanging Genki with the Squidders21 Floating Cities--Bristol Bay, Alaska22 Generations--Past Meets Present23 Dividing and Protecting the Loot24 No Promises25 Changes--Count on Nothing26 Catching FishEpilogueMaps--Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska, North Atlantic, Chile, Indonesia, North PacificIndexAbout the AuthorPhotographs appear on pages 42 - 43, 104 - 105, 162 - 163, 208 - 209, 258 - 259, 308 - 309, 354.