THE FISH GATE MICHAEL GRAHAM FABER 1943 1st Edition. 21 x 14 cm. 196 pp + b/w photo plates. Map endpapers. HB/DJ “This is a book about the fish in the sea and of the men who catch them, and of the trade which sees that these fish reach your table. Few of us realize the great variety and importance of fishing, for it is an industry that hunts for living things as different as a cockle and a herring, involves businesses in which capital may be £200,000 or £1 and uses master fishermen whose earnings may be £1500 a year or £150.” 'He writes in an easy style that will appeal to the general reader; yet he has produced a book of major importance for the expert and everyone in any way connected with the industry.'—Irish Times. 'Mr. Graham's wide knowledge . . . has enabled him to give vivid pictures of the premises from which he draws his conclusions. His book is much more than a masterly exposition of a problem important to all of us. He is an artist in words and holds the attention of the reader even when he has to explain difficult theory. He has provided illustrations of real pertinence and beauty and has given a competent index and a well-selected bibliography.'—Times Lit. Sup. With many photographs, and numerous line drawings by E. D. Vailey. CONTENTS 1940—THE PROBLEM FIRST CLASS PROTEIN MARKET FISHING VILLAGE DRIFTERS NORTH SEA SCRAPERS TIDE-MARK TO ICE-CAP DESPOND RIVALS NATURALISTS SOCIETY IN THE SEA PASSPORTS AND BIRTH' CERTIFICATES THE GREAT LAW OF FISHING THEORY INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT SOMETHING NEW BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX Michael Graham (1898–1972) CMG OBE was a British fisheries scientist, author, and ecologist. He was the director of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (United Kingdom) fisheries laboratory in Lowestoft (1945-1958)... His classic book, The Fish Gate, published in 1943, paints a picture of the near-collapse of the British fishing industry through overfishing that occurred before both the First and the Second World Wars. Michael Graham’s given task on joining the Lowestoft laboratory was to study the North Sea cod fishery. He continued, with breaks for field studies in Africa and Canada, throughout the 1920s and 1930s, describing the cod’s life cycle and spawning grounds, and showing the age composition of the fishery through a laborious process of scale-reading. In a 1935 paper Graham conclusively showed that the North Sea stock was overfished.[8] His classic book, The Fish Gate reminds us that by 1939 the North Sea was exhausted and many fishermen were unemployed – the inevitable result of unrestrained over-fishing. To a later generation, trying to explain why the North Sea and other seas declined and their fishing ports collapsed, Graham is a seminal figure, both for his influence on the ‘golden age’ of fisheries science and for his restless advocacy of ‘rational’ fishing and the conservation of biological systems on which humans depend for food. (Wikipedia)

THE FISH GATE

MICHAEL GRAHAM

FABER & FABER
1943

First Edition.

“This is a book about the fish in the sea and of the men who catch them, and of the trade which sees that these fish reach your table. Few of us realize the great variety and importance of fishing, for it is an industry that hunts for living things as different as a cockle and a herring, involves businesses in which capital may be £200,000 or £1 and uses master fishermen whose earnings may be £1500 a year or £150.”

'He writes in an easy style that will appeal to the general reader; yet he has produced a book of major importance for the expert and everyone in any way connected with the industry.'—Irish Times.

'Mr. Graham's wide knowledge . . . has enabled him to give vivid pictures of the premises from which he draws his conclusions. His book is much more than a masterly exposition of a problem important to all of us. He is an artist in words and holds the attention of the reader even when he has to explain difficult theory. He has provided illustrations of real pertinence and beauty and has given a competent index and a well-selected bibliography.'—Times Lit. Sup.

With many photographs, and numerous line drawings by E. D. Vailey.

CONTENTS
1940—THE PROBLEM
FIRST CLASS PROTEIN
MARKET
FISHING VILLAGE
DRIFTERS
NORTH SEA SCRAPERS
TIDE-MARK TO ICE-CAP
DESPOND
RIVALS
NATURALISTS
SOCIETY IN THE SEA
PASSPORTS AND BIRTH' CERTIFICATES
THE GREAT LAW OF FISHING
THEORY
INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
SOMETHING NEW
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

21 x 14 cm. 196 pp + b/w photo plates. Map endpapers.

Very good condition in poor dust jacket. Cloth faded on the spine and along the edges, contents clean and tidy, binding sound. Large piece missing from the front panel of the dust jacket. Scarce.

 

Michael Graham (1898–1972) CMG OBE was a British fisheries scientist, author, and ecologist. He was the director of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (United Kingdom) fisheries laboratory in Lowestoft (1945-1958)... His classic book, The Fish Gate, published in 1943, paints a picture of the near-collapse of the British fishing industry through overfishing that occurred before both the First and the Second World Wars.

Michael Graham’s given task on joining the Lowestoft laboratory was to study the North Sea cod fishery. He continued, with breaks for field studies in Africa and Canada, throughout the 1920s and 1930s, describing the cod’s life cycle and spawning grounds, and showing the age composition of the fishery through a laborious process of scale-reading. In a 1935 paper Graham conclusively showed that the North Sea stock was overfished.[8] His classic book, The Fish Gate reminds us that by 1939 the North Sea was exhausted and many fishermen were unemployed – the inevitable result of unrestrained over-fishing.

To a later generation, trying to explain why the North Sea and other seas declined and their fishing ports collapsed, Graham is a seminal figure, both for his influence on the ‘golden age’ of fisheries science and for his restless advocacy of ‘rational’ fishing and the conservation of biological systems on which humans depend for food. (Wikipedia)

 





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