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In the past, millions of herring would swim up Eastern North Carolina's rivers and creeks from the Atlantic Ocean to spawn each spring. Herring fishermen at dozens of fisheries throughout the region pulled nets teeming with herring from the waters, and their catches provided food for residents and a product that was shipped nationwide and as far away as Europe. Recent decades have seen a dramatic drop in the returning herring population, due in large part to the effects of pollution and excessive trawling by foreign fleets. In an effort to save the fish, a statewide ban on river herring fishing was recently instituted. What was once a thriving industry is now on the brink of extinction, and a colorful chapter in North Carolina's history could be coming to a close. As a boy, Frank Stephenson fished for herring with his father and fondly recalls helping catch, clean and salt the silvery fish. With this collection of striking photographs that span half a century of herrin

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• Celý názov: Herring Fishing: Images of an Eastern North Carolina Tradition
• Autor: Frank Stephenson
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Väzba: Brožovaná
• Počet strán: 160
• EAN: 9781596292697
• ISBN: 1596292695
• ID: 12343105
• Nakladateľ: HISTORY PR INC
• Hmotnosť: 399 g
• Rozmery: 245 × 174 × 11 mm
• Dátum vydania: May 2007

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