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Fishing
the Local Waters: Gulf Shores to Panama City (Fishing the Local Waters
series)
by Jim Hoskins
Paperback from Maximum Press
ISBN: 1931644497
Two local fishermen share their
favorite spots and special techniques in this tackle-box sized guide to
angling in Florida's gulf coast waters. From inland jaunts to shore fishing
to a day trip on a boat, the chapters cover everything a tourist or curious
local needs for a fruitful outing. Information on the best bait, tackle,
and methods are included, as are important safety tips, maps showing choice
fishin' holes, and local recipes for cooking up the catch of the day. LORAN
coordinates to more than 50 proven spots to drop a line are included, and
a directory of fishing businesses on the Emerald Coast completes this angling
guide. |
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Fishing
for Gold: The Story of Alabama's Catfish Industry (Alabama Fire Ant)
by Karni R. Perez
Paperback from Fire Ant Books
ISBN: 0817353445
A captivating story of the industry's rise in Alabama.
With a wonderful ear for dialogue and in flowing narrative style, Karni
Perez weaves together oral histories collected from early hatchery owners,
catfish farmers, processors, and researchers to recount the important contributions
made by Alabamians to the channel catfish industry. Perez describes the
struggles and glories of fish culture from its early days as an experimental
venture to the thriving present-day commercial enterprise that supplies
warmwater fish for the American food industry.
As Perez states, "The catfish industry started out in Alabama as a
do-it-yourself and figure-it out-yourself kind of enterprise." We hear
how men who were mostly cattle farmers learned to nudge male and female
fish into spawning in crudely constructed aquaria, how growers discovered
the dissolved oxygen needs of their "herd" when big die-offs occurred,
how Lenson Montz and Otis Breland designed the first paddle aerator to
remedy the problem, how farmers eventually trained a bottomfeeding species
to rise to the water surface to eat so their numbers could be better estimated.
In one dramatic story, we learn how a man experimenting with the first
skinning machine lost a piece of his hand in front of a crowd of horrified
locals. (After it was retrieved from the skin basket, it was reattached
by a town doctor and healed perfectly.) Ironically, the man was a representative
of the engineering firm tasked with designing the machine; he had never
before seen a catfish in his life. The machine was modified and became
an essential component of modern fish processing.
In addition to telling the remarkable stories of individual contributions
by farmers and researchers, Perez explains the positive effects played
by improved public infrastructure, continued biological research, state
legislation, and federal recognition of aquaculture as agriculture. |
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In
the Path of the Storms: Bayou La Batre, Coden, and the Alabama Coast
Paperback from University Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817355049
The Gulf Coast villages of Bayou La Batre and Coden are two of
Alabama's most distinctive, with roots going back to the French settlements
of the 18th century. For generations, the proud inhabitants of these communities
have extracted their modest livings from the sea, sustained by a lesson
handed down over time-- that providing for the needs of one's family is
the only true measure of success. But the world has changed drastically
for them. A global economy of higher gas prices and cheap imported seafood
has threatened the lifeblood of the area. And in recent years a rash of
hurricanes, culminating with Hurricane Katrina, has battered the hopes
and dreams of these Bayou towns.But they have known hard times and massive
changes before. In the 1970s, refugees from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos
flooded into the area and within a few years made up a third of the local
population. Three Buddhist temples soon took their places among the Catholic,
Baptist, and Pentecostal churches that predominated, and for a time the
different ethnic groups coexisted in a kind of uneasy peace. But now they
are learning to pull together in an uncertain struggle to rebuild their
communities.In the Path of the Storms is a powerful portrait in
words and photographs of a unique and unforgettable place. It is a story
of tradition, and forces of change, and the epic struggle of these Gulf
Coast communities to survive and thrive. |
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Eastern
Cherokee Fishing (Contemporary American Indians)
by Dr. Heidi M. Altman
Hardcover from University Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817315144
Cherokee identity as revealed
in fishing methods and materials.In Eastern Cherokee Fishing, life
histories, folktales, and reminiscences about fish gathered from interviews
with Cherokee and non-Cherokee people provide a clear and personal picture
of the changes in the Qualla Boundary (Eastern Band of the) Cherokee in
the last 75 years. Coupled with documentary research, these ethnographic
histories illuminate changes in the language, culture, and environment
(particularly, aquatic resources) since contact with Europeans and examine
the role these changes have played in the traditions and lives of the contemporary
Cherokees.
Interviewees include a great range of informants, from native speakers
of Cherokee with extensive knowledge of traditional fishing methods to
Euro-American English speakers whose families have lived in North Carolina
for many generations and know about contemporary fishing practices in the
area. The topic of fishing thus offers perspective on the Cherokee language,
the vigor of the Cherokee system of native knowledge, and the history of
the relationship between Cherokee people and the local environment. Heidi
Altman also examines the role of fishing as a tourist enterprise and how
fishing practices affect tribal waters. |
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New
records of Alabama fishes.: An article from: Journal of the Alabama Academy
of Science
by W. Mike Howell, L.J. Davenport, Ronald L. Jenkins
Digital from Alabama Academy of Science
Media Published: 2005-
Availability: Available for download now
This digital document is an article from Journal of the Alabama Academy
of Science, published by Alabama Academy of Science on January 1, 2004.
The length of the article is 1231 words. The page length shown above is
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Citation Details
Title: New records of Alabama fishes.
Author: W. Mike Howell
Publication: Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science
(Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2004
Publisher: Alabama Academy of Science
Volume: 75 Issue: 1 Page: 22(3)
Distributed by Thomson Gale |
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The Complete Alabama Fisherman
by Mike Bolton, Tom Bailey, Chris Roberts
Paperback from Seacoast Publishing
1994
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