Mercedes Lee, Editor
Contributors: Suzanne Ludicello and Carl Safina

Published by Living Oceans Program of the National Audubon Society
Paperback $34.95

"This book is, above all, a celebration of fish." Do you want to be smarter about the fish you buy and enjoy? Did you know that the succulent Chilean Sea Bass is really Patagonian Toothfish (a marketing name change served it well!) but perhaps too well. It is threatened by overfishing to extinction.

The Seafood Lover's Almanac, a combination cookbook ( 9 recipes) and field guide, encourages readers to become more familiar with the seafood they eat. Colourfully illustrated with factual and whimsical art, this book covers the natural and sometimes eccentric lives of fish and shellfish. The statistical and historical information on world consumption, harvesting, fish habits and needs, breeding, and life span is intelligently and wittily written.

With the Audubon Fish Scale colour bar featured on every type, seafood lovers can see at a glance how a particular species is doing and be smarter about the fish they buy.

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