Dear Colleagues,
The North Atlantic right whale species would appreciate your help
educating consumers as to how the species could recover. This recent
review of my book 'We re All Whalers' helps in that regard.
Please share it if so moved. The book is doing OK, but if we are to get
enough people and politicians to care about vessel strike and
entanglement in large whales, it and other efforts need to go to a whole
new level of public awareness.
https://www.choice360.org/choice-pick/we-are-all-whalers-rotw-4-18-22/
"This is the book all conservationists wish they could emulate. Through
compelling personal narrative, Moore (Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution), a marine veterinarian, informs readers about the biology,
life cycle, and human-caused threats that critically endanger the
survival of North Atlantic right whales as a species. The book is easy
to read, as the writing is superb and the narrative engaging, yet it is
packed with facts and data. What may be most notable about this text is
the author’s sensitivity not only to the species he covers but also to
all stakeholders in whale conservation, from indigenous hunters to
commercial fishers. It is a thoughtful treatise that, through fact-based
analysis, leads readers to confront the root of the problem—choices
consumers make in a post-industrial society. This reviewer strongly
commends the book to all readers, especially students and scholars in
relevant disciplines. The book has obvious value to marine biologists
and veterinarians, not to mention whale conservation organizations.
However, all conservation practitioners and journalists will benefit
from reading it. Moore offers a most outstanding example of
communicating science to advance conservation."
Summing Up: Essential. All readers.
Reviewer: J. Organ, emeritus, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Interdisciplinary Subjects: Environmental Studies, Food and Agriculture
Subject: Science & Technology – Biology – Zoology
Choice Issue: Jul 2022
Royalties from the book are being used for right whale conservation efforts.
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Michael Moore
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
https://www2.whoi.edu/staff/mmoore/we-are-all-whalers/
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