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Song for the Blue Ocean
by Carl Safina

A long book, beautifully written, and wrenching on practically every page. Would you be more likely to read it if it were lyrical? Well, it is, but to read it is difficult anyway. The words flow across the page, and still you want to cry.

As good a scientist as you'll ever meet, Carl Safina focuses on the bluefin tuna, the salmon, the coral reef fish of the world, and what their depletion has meant to the communities that depend upon them.

Song for the Blue Ocean is a chronicle of greed and stupidity, but it leaves you with hope. Dare we say it's not a eulogy? You will learn a lot about fishes and fisheries, and you will emerge at the end determined to do something with your knowledge.

Paddle your way on over to www.amazon.com and hook a copy of Song for the Blue Ocean by Carl Safina

Reviewed February 2 1999