Salmon: Swimming for Survival

Rowena Rae

2022年3月 · Orca Wild 第 8 冊 · Orca Book Publishers

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Key Selling Points

Salmon are a recognizable animal that is frequently discussed in the news cycle in relation to numbers of migrating fish, farmed fish, commercial catch, orca populations and much more.
The book includes topics related to salmon biology, history, culture, economics, social pressures and environmental impacts.
Explores the relationship that many Indigenous people have with salmon and what the salmon mean economically, environmentally and culturally to their communities. Includes profiles from Indigenous biologists, environmentalists and fishers.
Offers a global look at salmon—including both Atlantic and Pacific salmon—and gives examples from Europe, eastern and western North America and eastern Asia.
The book includes examples of people working in a wide range of jobs and activities connected to salmon such as a fish vet, a habitat restoration biologist, a museum curator, an early childhood educator, an underwater photographer and a fly fisher.
Salmon includes ideas for actions young readers can take in their everyday lives that will help salmon and salmon habitats.

關於作者

Rowena Rae worked as a biologist specializing in aquatic ecosystems in Canada and New Zealand before becoming a freelance writer, editor and children’s author. She is the author of Rachel Carson and Ecology for Kids, as well as Chemical World and Upstream, Downstream in the Orca Footprints line. Rowena writes both fiction and nonfiction from her home in Victoria, British Columbia.