Rewilding the Sea
How to Save our Oceans
Published on 8. June 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-5291-4405-5 (ISBN)
Description
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE**
'Desperately needed' - Isabella Tree
'I doubt any more important book will published this year' - Stephen Fry
In this indispensable follow up to his acclaimed The End of the Line: How Overfishing is Changing the World, Charles Clover chronicles how determined individuals are proving that the crisis in our oceans can be reversed, with benefits for both local communities and entire ecosystems. Rewilding the Sea celebrates what happens when we step aside and let nature repair the damage: whether it is the overfishing of bluefin tuna across the Atlantic, the destruction of coral gardens by dredgers in Lyme Bay or the restoration of oysters on the East Coast of America.
The latest scientific research shows that trawling and dredging create more CO2 than the aviation industry and damage vast areas of our continental shelves, stopping them soaking up carbon. We need to fish in different ways, where we fish at all. We can store carbon and have more fish by stepping aside more often and trusting nature.
Essential and revelatory, Rewilding the Sea propels us to rethink our relationship with nature and reveals that saving our oceans is easier than we think.
'Desperately needed' - Isabella Tree
'I doubt any more important book will published this year' - Stephen Fry
In this indispensable follow up to his acclaimed The End of the Line: How Overfishing is Changing the World, Charles Clover chronicles how determined individuals are proving that the crisis in our oceans can be reversed, with benefits for both local communities and entire ecosystems. Rewilding the Sea celebrates what happens when we step aside and let nature repair the damage: whether it is the overfishing of bluefin tuna across the Atlantic, the destruction of coral gardens by dredgers in Lyme Bay or the restoration of oysters on the East Coast of America.
The latest scientific research shows that trawling and dredging create more CO2 than the aviation industry and damage vast areas of our continental shelves, stopping them soaking up carbon. We need to fish in different ways, where we fish at all. We can store carbon and have more fish by stepping aside more often and trusting nature.
Essential and revelatory, Rewilding the Sea propels us to rethink our relationship with nature and reveals that saving our oceans is easier than we think.
Reviews / Votes
A game-changer! People are hungry for a plan to reverse ocean death so we can keep breathing! * Margaret Atwood, Twitter * I doubt any more important book will be published this year. Charles Clover tells (with spirit and style) an alarming and convincing story, yet it is one that offers hope and a way forward for our beleaguered oceans ... and us. * Stephen Fry * [An] optimistic manifesto for change...There are so many stories here of nature's titanic powers - if only we give her a chance - that it's ultimately a genuinely optimistic and energising read * Sunday Times * This book is desperately needed. Interest in terrestrial rewilding is rocketing and now it is time for the sea. The material Charles Clover will be covering is rich, urgent and fascinating. There will be so many people who will be desperate to get behind this book. * Isabella Tree * This uplifting book proves rewilding can fill oceans with teeming life again...powerful...forceful... * Telegraph * What if our seas became productive again with giant sturgeon, halibut and skate? What if we let the seas soak up carbon from the atmosphere like the peat bogs instead of battering them with trawls and dredges? It's closer than you think. In fact, as Charles Clover explains, rewilding the sea has already begun. * George Monbiot * An important, intriguing and informative book' with 'admirable optimism * David Profumo, Spectator * Two deadly problems: the climate crisis and biodiversity collapse. One elegant solution: Rewild the ocean. * Sylvia Earle * The Oceans are in a bad state, mainly because of overfishing, but there is hope: the solutions are here. * Daniel Pauly * Marine conservation successes are at the heart of Charles Clover's latest book. * Financial Times * A game-changer! People are hungry for a plan to reverse ocean death so we can keep breathing! * Margaret Atwood, Twitter * I doubt any more important book will be published this year. Charles Clover tells (with spirit and style) an alarming and convincing story, yet it is one that offers hope and a way forward for our beleaguered oceans ... and us. * Stephen Fry * [An] optimistic manifesto for change...There are so many stories here of nature's titanic powers - if only we give her a chance - that it's ultimately a genuinely optimistic and energising read * Sunday Times * This book is desperately needed. Interest in terrestrial rewilding is rocketing and now it is time for the sea. The material Charles Clover will be covering is rich, urgent and fascinating. There will be so many people who will be desperate to get behind this book. * Isabella Tree * This uplifting book proves rewilding can fill oceans with teeming life again...powerful...forceful... * Telegraph * What if our seas became productive again with giant sturgeon, halibut and skate? What if we let the seas soak up carbon from the atmosphere like the peat bogs instead of battering them with trawls and dredges? It's closer than you think. In fact, as Charles Clover explains, rewilding the sea has already begun. * George Monbiot * An important, intriguing and informative book' with 'admirable optimism * David Profumo, Spectator * Two deadly problems: the climate crisis and biodiversity collapse. One elegant solution: Rewild the ocean. * Sylvia Earle * The Oceans are in a bad state, mainly because of overfishing, but there is hope: the solutions are here. * Daniel Pauly * Marine conservation successes are at the heart of Charles Clover's latest book. * Financial Times *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Ebury Publishing
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 123 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
246 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5291-4405-5 (9781529144055)
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Additional editions
E-Book
06/2022
Ebury Digital
€11.99
Available for download
Person
Charles Clover is a co-Founder of Blue Marine Foundation, an impactful and influential marine conservation charity. Charles made his name as an author and environmental journalist writing principally for the Sunday Times and the Daily Telegraph for which he was Environment Editor for twenty-two years. His book The End of the Line (Ebury, 2004) and the award-winning major documentary film that it inspired (presented by Clover) highlighted overfishing as a global problem. He was then invited to lead Blue Marine.