Still Fishin', 9781550174670
Paperback
An invaluable account of BC coastal fishing and an update of the classic BC bestseller, Fishing for a Living.

Still Fishin'

the bc fishing industry revisited

$68.03

  • Paperback

    264 pages

  • Release Date

    21 June 2010

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Summary

It is generally known that the West Coast’s once-great commercial fishing industry has fallen on hard times, but as Alan Haig-Brown demonstrates in this new book, reports of its demise are exaggerated. A veteran of the industry himself, Haig-Brown here offers a “state of the industry” report, discovering pockets of surprising activity among the vistas of closed processing plants, downsized fleets and corporate concentration. The Ray Phillips family of Pender Harbour continue to support a s…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781550174670
ISBN-10:1550174673
Author:Alan Haig-Brown
Publisher:Harbour Publishing
Imprint:Harbour Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:264
Release Date:21 June 2010
Weight:399g
Dimensions:228mm x 152mm x 19mm
About The Author

Alan Haig-Brown

Alan Haig-Brown learned to swim in the 1950s, among the humpback salmon in the Campbell River. He seined salmon and herring until 1973, and served for eleven years as co-ordinator of Indian education in the Cariboo-Chilcotin. Haig-Brown became editor of the West Coast Fisherman in 1986 and later founded The West Coast Mariner and The West Coast Logger.

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