The Philosopher Fish

Sturgeon, Caviar, and the Geography of Desire

Richard Adams Carey

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Brandeis University Press
02 December 2024

Endangered species & extinction of species; Wildlife: aquatic creatures

An updated new edition of Richard Adams Carey's illuminating journey across the globe to uncover the secrets of the sturgeon.

From the acclaimed eco-journalist Rick Carey comes a fascinating chronicle of a fast-disappearing fish—and of the people whose lives and livelihoods depend on it. Since the days of the Persian Empire, caviar has trumpeted status, wealth, prestige, and sex appeal. In this remarkable journey to caviar's source, Carey immerses himself in the world of the sturgeon, the fish that lays these golden eggs. The sturgeon has a fascinating biological past—and a very uncertain future. Sturgeon populations worldwide have declined seventy percent in the last twenty years. Meanwhile, the beluga sturgeon, producer of the most coveted caviar, has climbed to number four on the World Wildlife Fund's most-endangered species list. A high-stakes cocktail of business, crime, diplomacy, technology, and the dilemmas of conservation, The Philosopher Fish is the epic story of a 250-million-year-old fish struggling to survive.

This new edition includes new chapters bringing up to date the story of this elusive and mysterious fish, and the people involved with both preserving and exploiting it.

By: Richard Adams Carey
Imprint: Brandeis University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 594g
ISBN: 9781684582389
ISBN 10: 1684582385
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 02 December 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface 1. The Hero Descending 2. The World Is Not Enough 3. Flavors of the Divine Horizon 4. The People of the Sturgeon 5. Situation Unpleasant 6. A City of Water 7. Poor Man’s Lobster 8. Russian California 9. A Poetry of Place 10. The Iron in the Garden 11. Thieves World 12. The Blood of the Earth 13. A Capacity for Wonder 14. The Gilded Morsel Epilogue Acknowledgments Bibliography Index

Richard Adams Carey grew up in Connecticut, attended Harvard, and worked various low-paying jobs before going to teach in the Yupik Eskimo villages of western Alaska. He is a writer and book reviewer whose books include Raven’s Children: An Alaskan Culture at Twilight, Against the Tide: The Fate of the New England Fisherman, and In the Evil Day: Violence Comes to One Small Town.

Reviews for The Philosopher Fish: Sturgeon, Caviar, and the Geography of Desire

“A wild upstream adventure.” * New York Post * “Hard to imagine that a story about fish eggs could be ‘fast paced,’ not to mention prophetic. But this piece of environmental journalism is both. . . . It’s a book about America in microcosm. . . . Caviar, it turns out, is not just tasty. In Carey’s hands, it’s luminous.” * Kirkus Reviews *