Rewilding the Sea: How to Save our Oceans
UK Publisher
Witness Books
Date Published
June 9th, 2022
In this indispensable follow up to his acclaimed The End of the Line: How Overfishing is Changing the World, Charles Clover chronicles how determined individuals are proving that the crisis in our oceans can be reversed, with benefits for both local communities and entire ecosystems. Rewilding the Sea celebrates what happens when we step aside and let nature repair the damage: whether it is the overfishing of bluefin tuna across the Atlantic, the destruction of coral gardens by dredgers in Lyme Bay or the restoration of oysters on the East Coast of America.
The latest scientific research shows that trawling and dredging create more CO2 than the aviation industry and damage vast areas of our continental shelves, stopping them soaking up carbon. We need to fish in different ways, where we fish at all. We can store carbon and have more fish by stepping aside more often and trusting nature.
Essential and revelatory, Rewilding the Sea propels us to rethink our relationship with nature and reveals that saving our oceans is easier than we think.
Reviews
A game-changer!
- Margaret Atwood, Twitter
Save the ocean to help feed the world. From Lyme Bay to Ascension Island, Clover shows how it can be done.
- Ted Danson
This uplifting book proves rewilding can fill oceans with teeming life again...powerful...forceful...
- Telegraph
Marine conservation successes are at the heart of Charles Clover's latest book.
- Financial Times
An excellent and thought-provoking book that presents a clear picture of the opportunities we have to restore the ocean.