This photographic essay on commercial gill-net fishing on Lake Erie is a must have for history buffs. These beautiful but rare photographs capture a rarely seen glimpse into this fast fading... More > industry. Photographs by Jan Row. Descriptive text by Michael Wilson< Less
Table of Contents
Tilapia Traits – Anatomy/Physiology
Tilapia Digestion
Tilapia Immune System
Tilapia Breeding and Brooding
Tilapia Hybrids... More > – Superior Growth
Tilapia Hybrids Pioneer – Mike Sipe
Tilapia Breeding Outcome
Tilapia Population Control
The ND21 and ND41 Tilapias
Temperature an Hybrids
Red Tilapia
Cross-Breeding
Honorable O. Hornorum Tilapia
Oreochromis Aureus – Blue Tilapia
Tilapia – All Male Hybridization
It’s hard not to think of Tilapia as a super fish. The Tilapia species and many of the hybrids are commercial fish with great resiliency and adaptability to varied productions systems..< Less
This is a coming of age story about two young men who faced the dangers and adventures of learning to commercial fish in Puget Sound. It an historical account about what it was like to commercial... More > fish in the 1970’s when Judge Boldt called in federal agents to arrest fishermen. Most of all it is an adventure story that will have you both turning pages in anticipation and stopping periodially to laugh out load.< Less
This is a coming of age story about two young men who faced the dangers and adventures of learning to commercial fish in Puget Sound. It an historical account about what it was like to commercial... More > fish in the 1970’s when Judge Boldt called in federal agents to arrest fishermen. Most of all it is an adventure story that will have you both turning pages in anticipation and stopping periodially to laugh out load.< Less
You must KNOW something to paint it:
Come along with me on some high seas adventures on my quest to KNOW the sea and her boats, and paint them.
Part One - sets the stage in old Alaska,only... More > four years after our fishing fleets were devastated by the 1964 Good Friday earthquake. Then join me crewing on the first commercial wild kelp harvest in Alaska, beach-combing, seining, tendering, cooking on crab boats, and gillnetting alone.< Less
You must KNOW something to paint it:
Come along with me on some high seas adventures on my quest to KNOW the sea and her boats, and paint them.
Part One - sets the stage in old Alaska,only... More > four years after our fishing fleets were devastated by the 1964 Good Friday earthquake. Then join me crewing on the first commercial wild kelp harvest in Alaska, beach-combing, seining, tendering, cooking on crab boats, and gillnetting alone.< Less
Midnight Tracy is an adventure story that provides insight into the personalities associated with commercial gill net fishing. It describes the fishermen’s willingness to plunder natural... More > resources in their quest for riches. Take a ride along on the fishing vessel JAKEWAY with infamous war-worn Midnight Tracy, to whom no challenge is too great, because he places no value on his own life. In the background is always the card shark businessman John Raymond making sure the numbers work. Together the gambler and the warrior seek personal and public acceptance.< Less
Midnight Tracy is an adventure story that provides insight into the personalities associated with commercial gill net fishing. It describes the fishermen’s willingness to plunder natural... More > resources in their quest for riches. Take a ride along on the fishing vessel JAKEWAY with infamous war-worn Midnight Tracy, to whom no challenge is too great, because he places no value on his own life. In the background is always the card shark businessman John Raymond making sure the numbers work. Together the gambler and the warrior seek personal and public acceptance.< Less
