It describes the back-and-forth dynamic of fishermen, who are the original environmentalists, and scientists, who not that long ago considered fish an endless resource. It describes how the fish we most commonly eat, including tuna, salmon, cod, swordfish-even anchovies- could disappear within fifty years, and the domino effect it would have: the oceans teeming with jellyfish and turning pinkish orange from algal blooms, the seabirds disappearing, then reptiles, then mammals. Written by a master storyteller, World Without Fish connects all the dots-biology, economics, evolution, politics, climate, history, culture, food, and nutrition-in a way that kids can really understand. It has also been included in the New York State Expeditionary Learning English Language Arts Curriculum. Written by Mark Kurlansky, author of Cod, Salt, The Big Oyster, and many other books, World Without Fish has been praised as 'urgent' ( Publishers Weekly ) and 'a wonderfully fast-paced and engaging primer on the key questions surrounding fish and the sea' (Paul Greenberg, author of Four Fish ). So let's change the way we do things ' World Without Fish is the uniquely illustrated narrative nonfiction account-for kids-of what is happening to the world's oceans and what they can do about it.

But if we keep doing things the way we've been doing things, fish could become extinct within fifty years.

A KID'S GUIDE TO THE OCEAN 'Can you imagine a world without fish? It's not as crazy as it sounds.

The big oyster by mark kurlansky