*NEW* We Are All Whalers

The image most of us have of whalers includes harpoons and intentional trauma.  Yet eating commercially caught seafood leads to whales' entanglement and slow death in rope and nets, and the global shipping routes that bring us readily available goods often lead to death by collision.  We - all of us - are whalers.  But we don't have to be!

Moore considers the complex, confounding and disturbing plight of the whale taking us with him as he performs necropsies on stranded whales, researches the use of explosive harpoons by whalers, tracks injured whales to sedate them and considers the poorly enforced conservation laws that exist.

This thought provoking book is also optimistic showing the use of new technology in rope-less fishing and the acoustic tracking of whale migration.  Moore looks ahead with hope as our growing understanding of these extraordinary creatures fuels an ever-stronger drive for change.

QUOTE: "Most people will never hold a harpoon in their lifetimes, but we do hold sway over what happens to this animal, a responsibility that we all share."  Mongabay

224 pages, printed 2021