Tuna: Love, Death, and Mercury

Another ocean classic by Peters, this one on Tuna, mostly the Bluefin tuna.Contains history, biological, economics and environmental info.Many interesting factoids- one of the most interesting is not about Tuna at all- seems like most of the "whalemeat" sold in Japan is actually Dolphin!This is a great read that is hampered a bit by poor editing. The author states certain facts- over and over and over. Good editing would have caught this. There's also 3 drawings of various species of Bluefin Tunas- each labeled as a different species or subspecies. However, the drawings are the same in all three cases, except one is reversed left to right.However, it is informative, current, powerful and well written.

I must give the author credit as he certainly did his homework. This book is chocked full of information on life history, history, fisheries management and just about anything you can think of related to tuna. It is a very thorough presentation of information with everything you did, and probably didn't want to know about tuna. At times the level of detail becomes excessive and distracting. The editor failed miserably. Much of the information is repeated, over and over, sometimes in the same chapter and often in several ensuing chapters. This made it more tedious to read as I got tired of seeing the same information three, four or more times. I also got bogged down in later chapters as the theme shifted from an objective presentation of information to biased environmentalist preaching. Would have been better just to present the facts - once - then let the reader decide for themselves where they stand on the issues. The fact that Ocean Watch has designated the western Atlantic Bluefin tuna fishery as sustainable and environmentally sound should be enough to discredit the author's assertions to the contrary.

Great stories and info about this fascinating creature that if not the king of the sea it is at least a baron..some fantastic photos of giant fish.

the book was a former private library book. It appears to have never been read. The book is in almost pristine condition. There were a couple of the library identification stamps and a pocket for the due date card for the book. An excellent buy!

Great subject with very interesting parts/info but but extremely poorly edited, if edited at all, resulting in endless repeats and no clear 'storyline'. Could have been so much better if only....

Half of the book has some great information on biology,tuna ranching operations and early sportfishing methods and history.The other half of the book reads like an Oceana/Pew Charitable Trusts/World Wildlife Fund propaganda campaign. Anti-seafood, anti-fisherman, anti-farmed seafood. Same old nonsense and scare tactics.There's no denying that the Eastern Med tuna fishery needs to be closed down and better monitored. This book lumps all fishermen into that category.

My husband - a tuna fisherman - really likes this book!

Richard Ellis at his usual best!