| Monday, June 27, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Theresa M. Barbo
(508) 487-3622 x103
(774) 353-8034
ccsmedia@coastalstudies.org
Three Authors to Lecture & Sign in Summer Series
Sponsored by PCCS
(Provincetown, Cape Cod, MA) - Three prominent environmental authors - Trevor Corson, Dick Russell and Tora Johnson - will present free public lectures on their favorite subjects, the lives of lobsters, striped bass and right whales, as part of a special summer lecture on Tuesdays in July. The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies (PCCS) is sponsoring the series.
All lectures will be held at WOMR/92.1 Radio, 494 Commercial Street, at 7 p.m. Refreshments are part of the evening and following each lecture, authors' books will be available for purchase and signings.
Tuesday, July 12
Trevor Corson
The Secret Life of Lobsters
How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries Of Our Favorite Crustacean
When scientists predicted a decline in the Maine lobster population in the 1980's, fishermen there were already practicing their own brand of conserving the species.
Along came a fresh corps of scientists who began working with lobstermen, and results of their collaborative research makes for compelling reading. Journalist Trevor Corson entertains and informs in this contemporary tome of how two distinct kinds of people - lobstermen and scientists - pooled their minds and resources to try to find a solution to the problem.
"The chapters are knitted together with rich stories about the people who catch lobsters, their families, the dangers they face." -New York Times
"Lobster is served three ways in this fascinating book: by fishermen, scientists and the crustaceans themselves…The human worlds are surely interesting; but they can't top the lobster life on the ocean floor." -Washington Post
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Tuesday, July 19
Dick Russell
Striper Wars: An American Fish Story
Longtime sports fisherman and author Dick Russell fought for stronger regulations to protect the endangered Atlantic striped bass. Today, the return of the striped bass is considered the foremost example of the resiliency of the oceans-provided the species is given a chance to recover.
"A lot of other books tell you how to catch striped bass. This book alone explains why there are stripers in the water to begin with. This is the saga of the greatest, most hard-won fisheries management success story in the world. Read it, and every time your line comes tight, you'll know whom to thank. More importantly, you'll know what else needs to be done." -Carl Safina, author of Song for the Blue Ocean and Eye of the Albatross
"Striper Wars is the moving story of the decline of the striped bass and the efforts of dedicated conservationists to bring these magnificent fish back from the brink of extinction. We are grateful for his brilliant writing, but the stripers are even more grateful for his efforts on their behalf." -Richard Ellis, author of The Empty Ocean and Tiger Bone & Rhino Horn
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Tuesday, July 26
Tora Johnson
Entanglements: The Intertwined Fates of Whales and Fishermen
Tora Johnson, who teaches human ecology at the College of the Atlantic, explores the clash of cultures and personalities among fishermen, scientists, and whale advocates struggling to save both the endangered North Atlantic right whale and the livelihoods of thousands of Atlantic coastal families.
Publisher's Weekly listed Entanglements in a "preview of the season's best" books on nature and the environment.
Tora Johnson has a knack for storytelling, but also a sense of balance in her reporting and an evident commitment to truth-telling. In this compelling book, she confronts one of the thorniest, most searing wildlife-human conflicts of the day. She does so with sensitivity for the human antagonists, conveying their foibles, passions, grace, and ordinariness, and with a solid understanding of the animals (from minute copepods to gigantic whales) and their marine environment. -- Randall R. Reeves, chairman, Cetacean Specialist Group of the World Conservation Union, and author of National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World.
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For more information on the July lecture series, phone PCCS at (508) 487-3622 x103, or by email at ccsmedia@coastalstudies.org.
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The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, founded in 1976, is a private non-profit institution dedicated to research and protection of marine mammals and coastal ecosystems. For information on PCCS programs, including our newest marine science education program, MassSail, call PCCS at (508) 487-3622 x101.
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Contact
Theresa M. Barbo
Director of Communications
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies
(508) 487-3622 x103 (office)
(774) 353-8034 (mobile)
ccsmedia@coastalstudies.org
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