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KINGS OF THEIR OWN OCEAN - KAREN PINCHIN GEBUNDEN

**THE INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER**This is a tale of human obsession  one intrepid tuna 
the dedicated fisherman who caught and set her free  the promises and limits of ocean science 
and the big truth of how our insatiable appetite for bluefin transformed a cottage industry
into a global dilemma. In 2004  an enigmatic charter captain named Al Anderson caught and
marked one Atlantic bluefin tuna off New England s coast with a plastic fish tag. Fourteen
years later that fish dubbed Amelia for her ocean-spanning journeys died in a Mediterranean
fish trap  sparking Karen Pinchin s riveting investigation into the marvels  struggles  and
prehistoric legacy of this remarkable species. Over his fishing career Al marked more than
sixty thousand fish with plastic tags  an obsession that made him nearly as many enemies as it
did friends. His quest landed him in the crossfire of an ongoing fight between a booming
bluefin tuna industry and desperate conservation efforts  a conflict that is once again heating
up as overfishing and climate change threaten the fish s fate. Kings of Their Own Ocean is an
urgent investigation that combines science  business  crime  and environmental justice. As
Pinchin writes  as a global community  we are collectively only ever a few terrible choices
away from wiping out any ocean species. Through her exclusive access and interdisciplinary 
mesmerizing lens  readers will join her on boats and docks as she visits tuna hot spots and
scientists from Portugal to Japan  New Jersey to Nova Scotia  and glimpse  as the author does 
rays of dazzling hope for the future of our oceans.

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