Swimming in Circles
Paul Molyneaux, a veteran of commercial fisheriman, and aquaculture worker turned journalist, examines the first prediction in his book, “The Doryman’s Reflection.” In his second book, “Swimming in Circles,” he looks at aquaculture’s role in the ongoing demise of ocean systems.
Both books combine anecdotes with science, and examine the market forces driving the seafood industry, locally and globally. His conclusion: “Fisheries management and aquaculture development based solely on economic efficiency and neo-classical economics has failed and will continue to fail. We need a new approach to fisheries and aquaculture: one that values cultures and ecosystems as much as money.”
Swimming in Circles
Aquaculture and the End of Wild Oceans
New York, NY; Thunder’s Mouth Press (January 23, 2006)
ISBN: 1560257563
“A sober, realistic, and readable account of the hype promoting aquaculture as the technical solution to overfishing—a cogent application of ecological economic principles to a critical problem.”
Herman Daly, former World Bank Economist
Author of “Beyond Growth,” “For the Common Good” and other books on Ecological Economics.
“Molyneaux’s book is well worth reading for anyone who wants to better understand the dynamics of wild and farmed seafoods in the local and global economies, as well as their interaction with each other and with other parts of the biosphere.”
Senator Lisa Murkowski, Alaska
Book Description:
Expanding on the author’s year-long study of the shrimp and salmon aquaculture industries as an Alicia Patterson Foundation Fellow, the book lays out the rationale behind aquaculture development: increasing the world food supply and creating jobs in areas hard hit by declining landings in wild fisheries. However, reality is something else entirely: ravaged ecosystems and bankrupted local economies. The author expands on his existing case studies, near his homes in eastern Maine, and Sonora, Mexico, and links them to events in other parts of the world.
The author’s 30 years experience in fisheries and aquaculture qualifies him to weigh the rhetoric and sift out the truth of this story. In six years as a freelance journalist, writing for the New York Times, Yankee, National Fisherman, and other publications, he has managed to describe complex material in an interesting and entertaining style.
Publisher: Thunder’s Mouth Press (December 28, 2006)
ISBN: 1560257563
