Out on the Deep Blue: Women, Men, and the Oceans They Fish Hardcover - 2001

From the publisher

This is the first collection of dramatic, first-person accounts of commercial fishing written by the men and women who work in the nation's most dangerous occupation. Nineteen diverse fisher-writers, from the famous to the unknown, take the reader swordfish harpooning on the Georges Banks, winter crabbing in the Bering Sea, sea-urchin diving off Maine, herring fishing in Alaska, shark-harpooning off Scotland and points between. Together, they plumb the extremes of living, working, and sometimes dying at sea, creating the most intensely personal portrait of fishing and fishermen to date.
The best writing on commercial fishing is gathered here, blending the voices of such well-known writers as Peter Mathiessen, Gavin Maxwell, Linda Greenlaw, Spike Walker, and John Cole, together with experienced and emerging writers, many of whom have spent much of their lives on the water. With its layers and rich textures, this collection will have strong, enduring appeal to loves of nonfiction. Contributors:
Marie BeaverJohn Cole
Michael CrowleyWendy Erd
Leslie Leyland FieldsRobert Fritchey
Joel GayLinda Greenlaw
Seth HarknessNancy Lord
Peter MathiessenGavin Maxwell
William McCloskeyPaul Molyneaux
Debra NielsenToby Sullivan
Martha SutroJoe Upton
Spike Walker

About the author