King of Fish: The Thousand-Year Run of Salmon - Brief Article - Book Review

Today, the salmon is an icon of the Pacific Northwest. Not so long ago, however, people would have just as readily associated the fish with the bounty of rivers and streams in New England and Great Britain. The decline of the fish in the Atlantic would seem to have been a wake-up call. But Montgomery points out that despite scientific knowledge of the salmon's life cycle and 50-years-or-older laws to protect the fish in the Pacific Northwest, its population there continues to decline. Montgomery traces human impact on the salmon over the course of the past 1,000 years, showing how we have damaged the fish's environment time and again. He points to dams, pollution, and overfishing as the main culprits. On a note of optimism, in the final chapter, Montgomery provides suggestions for how the king of fish can be preserved.Westview, 2003, 290 p., hardcover, $26.00.

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