The Beach Reader reviewed The Founding Fish by John McPhee
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4 stars
Now I want to eat a shad. This book is a natural history of the shad, an anadromous fish (i.e., one that lives in the sea and seeks rivers to spawn in) native to the east coast. This book definitely made me get my map out, and it was worth it. There's a great section about the Bay of Fundy, the place with the World's Biggest Tides, where the entire Atlantic population of shad ends up for the Winter. Includes recipes and fishing advice, plus an interesting discussion on the ethics of catch-and-eat vs. catch-and-release.
Now I want to eat a shad. This book is a natural history of the shad, an anadromous fish (i.e., one that lives in the sea and seeks rivers to spawn in) native to the east coast. This book definitely made me get my map out, and it was worth it. There's a great section about the Bay of Fundy, the place with the World's Biggest Tides, where the entire Atlantic population of shad ends up for the Winter. Includes recipes and fishing advice, plus an interesting discussion on the ethics of catch-and-eat vs. catch-and-release.