Search Results: Fisheries from Ainsworth Books

St. John's NFLD: Memorial University. Very Good. 1977. First Edition. Paperback. Light soiling to card covers, bottom fore corners creased. ; Tight solid book, text unmarked. ; Trade PB; Marine Sciences Research Laboratory Technical Report # 20; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 286 pages; This is a scholarly text taken from the Plenary papers of the above mentioned meeting. Subtitled Social Behavior, Navigation and Orientation & Development of Behavior .

Vancouver BC: Vancouver Maritime Museum Society. Very Good. 1982. Softcover. 0919253040 . Light creasing of paper covers ; A bright, solid book ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 24 pages .

Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 0773507175 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear, DJ is sun-faded on spine.; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 9.1 X 5.9 X 1.3 inches; 336 pages; "(Henry) Doyle (1874-1961) was founder and first general manager of a major consolidation of packing companies, British Columbia Packers Association (established in 1902), which became British Columbia Packers Ltd., one of the few pioneer fish-packing companies that remains viable today. He was recognised by friends and enemies alike as the unofficial industry historian not only for British Columbia but also for Alaska and the Pacific US coastal states. Doyle was a voracious collector of "intelligence," whose extensive papers, now stored in the archives of the University of British Columbia, constitute the only comprehensive insider's history of the rise of the industry. Newell has… Read More

Berlin: Benjamin DeCasseres at the Blackstone Publishers. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1936. Paperback. 3865413056 . Light edge wear to card covers ; A bright, solid book ; Trade PB; 8.39 X 6.02 X 1.18 inches .

Saanichton, BC: Hancock House Publishers. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 0919654436 . Dust jacket scuffed and lightly chipped with light soil ; A bright, solid book, dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 224 pages; The writers go back to the early days of Native fisheries and the establishment of Steveston village BC as a centre for the fishermen and its canneries, the effect of WWII on the Japanese-Canadian fishermen and the dangers involved in fishing the Pacific Ocean. .

Philadelphia: The Sunday School Times Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1906. First US Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated dark blue cloth covered boards with light shelf wear present, corners lightly bumped. Titles worn off spine. Previous owner's name on back of frontispiece.; A tight solid book. Front board stamped in white and light blue with design of a ship off the coast. Introduction by Henry van Dyke. This is the US edition published the same year. ; B&W Photographs; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 248 pages; "The Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen sent Grenfell to Newfoundland in 1892 to improve the plight of coastal inhabitants and fishermen. That mission began in earnest in 1892 when he recruited two nurses and two doctors for hospitals at Indian Harbour, Newfoundland and later opened cottage hospitals along the coast of Labrador. The mission expanded greatly from its initial mandate to one of developing schools, an orphanage, cooperatives,… Read More

Vancouver, BC: Douglas & Mcintyre. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0888942184 . 4to 11" - 13" tall; 158 pages; Light edgewear and creasing, small ding on DJ spine, gift notation on front free end paper. DJ unclipped. Dust jacket in Mylar, a tight bright book. A beautifully illustrated study of the salmon fishery in British Columbia in the 1970's. Included are maps and charts. Illustrated by Colour Plates. .

Vancouver BC: Pacific Salmon Commission. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 096949470X . Some edge wear, short tear with attendant creasing bottom fore edge of DJ ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 438 pages .

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 0771047320 . Small tears along top of DJ. Price-clipped.; Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. A bright, solid book.; B&W Illustrations; 9.10 X 6 X 0.90 inches; 187 pages; "R. D. Lawrence's fascination with sharks began in 1930 when he was nine years old and he caught a young sandbar shark in a net while diving in the Mediterranean." Renowned Canadian naturalist has written many books on the wildife of Canada .

Lantzville, BC: Oolichan Books. Very Good+. 1991. First Edition. Softcover. 0889821038 . Card covers show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book.; B&W Illustrations; 180 pages; Once, the north coast of British Columbia was dotted with cannery villages. Now only a few plants remain. In Gladys Young Blyth's new history of the northern salmon canning industry, many remarkable photographs- of the canneries, the fish boats, the workers- provide glimpses of by gone days in an industry that has been of vital significance to the development of the province. For each of the thirty-eight canneries on the Nass and Skeena Rivers the author gives a short history, the location, and a physical description of the plant. Her chronology of early- day to present methods of fishing and processing provides the reader with a clear understanding of how the industry functioned. Who were the cannery workers? How did they live in those isolated locations on the B.C. north coast? These and other questions… Read More

Coquitlam, BC: Fraser Journal Publishing. Very Good. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 0968679900 . Card covers show light shelf wear, crease on lower forecorner of front cover. ; A bright, solid book.; Colour Illustrations; 35 pages .

Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550171100 . Only slight wear with light fading of DJ spine.; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar ; Color Illustrations; 0.7 x 11.1 x 8.7 Inches; 152 pages; "Steveston is a small town with a big past. Located at the mouth of the Fraser River, its founder Josiah Steves once touted it as a rival to the nearby city of Vancouver, a would-be metropolis built on the wealth of its great salmon fishery. While this goal was never achieved, Steveston did reign for most of this century as Canada's largest fishing port. During fishing season in the early years its population multiplied tenfold and social life took on the quality of a boom-town, complete with gambling halls, opium dens and countless hook shops. Large populations of Indian, Chinese, Japanese and European workers gave it a uniquely ethnic atmosphere. Today its picturesque main street and nearly abandoned "Cannery… Read More

Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550171100 . Only slight wear with light fading of DJ spine.; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar ; Color Illustrations; 0.7 x 11.1 x 8.7 Inches; 152 pages; "Steveston is a small town with a big past. Located at the mouth of the Fraser River, its founder Josiah Steves once touted it as a rival to the nearby city of Vancouver, a would-be metropolis built on the wealth of its great salmon fishery. While this goal was never achieved, Steveston did reign for most of this century as Canada's largest fishing port. During fishing season in the early years its population multiplied tenfold and social life took on the quality of a boom-town, complete with gambling halls, opium dens and countless hook shops. Large populations of Indian, Chinese, Japanese and European workers gave it a uniquely ethnic atmosphere. Today its picturesque main street and nearly abandoned "Cannery… Read More

Vancouver BC: Douglas & McIntyre Ltd. Near Fine. 1995. 1st. Softcover. 1550544365 . Only slight wear to pictorial card covers ; A bright, solid book ; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 184 pages; Women mariners work on boats of all sizes: water taxis, fish boats, tugs, ice breakers, ferries, coast guard patrol boats, charter yachts, coastal freight boats and deep sea freighters. They are deckhands and engineer. Such unconventional work is the stuff of sagas, yet few people know about careers or lives or the part they play in marine industries. Here over 110 women from ages 8 to 97 tell the real stories of their lives in their own words, stories about getting that first job, dealing with harassment of all kinds, financing boats, working as a team, commanding crews, developing relationships, and maintaining marriages -- and learning to be waterwise. Their stories are gripping, unapologetic, courageous and salty. .

Victoria, BC: Horsdal & Schubart. Near Fine. 1996. First Edition. Softcover. 0920663435 . Only slight wear to pictorial card covers ; A bright, solid book.; B&W Photographs; 8.40 X 5.10 X 0.40 inches; 138 pages; From the back cover: "Supporters point out that fish farms produce food, create jobs and boost the local economy, as well as earning millions of dollars in export sales. Critics say they contaminate the ocean, spread diseases and harm seals and whales, and that Atlantic salmon escaping from the pens threaten the survival of the remaining wild Pacific salmon stocks." .