Hooked

by Knecht, G. Bruce

• ISBN13: 9781594861109
• ISBN10: 1594861102
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-02
• Publisher: Rodale Books

Summary

"On August 7, 2003, an Australian patrol boat initiated a chase that would lead halfway around Antarctica. The quarry was a single fishing boat loaded with Patagonian toothfish - better known as Chilean Sea Bass - but the stakes were global: the fate of a species, and control of the world's oceans." "Welcome to the new world of high-seas piracy. G. Bruce Knecht transports you to the bottom of the earth where a crew of rogue fishermen and their pursuers match wits and tempt disaster as they race through building-size waves, densely packed ice, and an obstacle course of icebergs in what became one of the longest pursuits in nautical history. And as the chase threatens to turn violent, Knecht relates the pirates' side of the story, explaining why they do not believe they have done anything wrong." "Hooked also chonicles the ascendance of Chilean Sea Bass - how a little-known California seafood merchant "discovered" the previously unwanted fish and invented its inaccurate but appealing name, and how chefs fell in love with the flakey white fish that became a best-selling dish at restaurants across America. Knecht approaches the story from every angle and explains how the populations of many of the world's most desirable fish are less than 10 percent of what they were fifty years ago." "From the Southern Ocean's most treacherous waters to the Northern Hemisphere's most fabulous kitchen's, Hooked is at once a thrilling tale and a popular history that shows why our tastes have all manner of unintended consequences for the world around us."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

G. BRUCE KNECHT is a New York-based writer for The Wall Street Journal. His work has also been published in the Atlantic Monthly and the New York Times Magazine.

Table of Contents

Prologue: South Indian Ocean	1	(4)
Chapter 1: Valparaiso, Chile	5	(10)
Chapter 2: South Indian Ocean	15	(14)
Chapter 3: Los Angeles	29	(4)
Chapter 4: South Indian Ocean	33	(12)
Chapter 5: Los Angeles	45	(6)
Chapter 6: Southern Ocean	51	(8)
Chapter 7: Riviera, Spain	59	(12)
Chapter 8: Southern Ocean	71	(10)
Chapter 9: New York City	81	(6)
Chapter 10: Southern Ocean	87	(10)
Chapter 11: New York City	97	(12)
Chapter 12: Southern Ocean	109	(8)
Chapter 13: Cape Town, South Africa	117	(10)
Chapter 14: South Atlantic Ocean	127	(16)
Chapter 15: Bridgehampton, New York	143	(16)
Chapter 16: South Atlantic Ocean	159	(18)
Chapter 17: Vancouver, Canada	177	(10)
Chapter 18: South Atlantic Ocean	187	(14)
Chapter 19: Vancouver	201	(8)
Chapter 20: South Atlantic Ocean	209	(14)
Chapter 21: Near Cape Town	223	(12)
Chapter 22: Perth, Australia	235	(26)
Chapter 23: Perth	261	(6)
Chapter 24: Perth, September 9, 2005	267	(9)
Acknowledgments	276