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  • The Perfect Protein: The Fish Lover's Guide to Saving the Oceans and Feeding the World

    The Perfect Protein: The Fish Lover's Guide to Saving the Oceans and Feeding the World

    Author/Actors/Director/etc.:   Andy Sharpless
    Format:   Hardcover
    Publisher:   Rodale Books (2013, May 28th).
    Pages:   208

    The planet will be home to more than 9 billion people by 2050, and we’re already seeing critical levels of famine around the world mirrored by growing obesity in developed nations. In The Perfect Protein, Andy Sharpless maintains that protecting wild seafood can help combat both issues, because seafood is the healthiest, cheapest, most environmentally friendly source of protein on earth. While the conservation community has taken a simplistic, save-the-whales approach when it comes to oceans, Sharpless contends that we must save the world’s seafood not just to protect marine life and biodiversity but to stave off the coming humanitarian crisis. With high demand for predator species like tuna and salmon, wealthy nations like the U. more

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