Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: The Salt Cod Era (1863–1950)
Chapter 1: Codfish Fundamentals
Chapter 2: Early Development of the Pacific Codfish Industry
Chapter 3: Codfish Fever
Chapter 4: Schooners, Dories, and Codfishermen
Chapter 5: Catching and Processing Codfish
Chapter 6: Codfish Stations
Chapter 7: A Flourishing Industry: 1903–1919
Chapter 8: Alaska’s Codfish Industry Fades
Part Two: The Bait Cod Era (1950–1978)
Chapter 9: The Fishery and Its Management
Chapter 10: Enjoying Codfish: Four Recipes
Part Three: The Modern Era
Section A: The Magnuson-Stevens Act, Its Implementation, and Early Efforts to Process Pacific Cod
Chapter 11: The Magnuson-Stevens Act
Chapter 12: Implementation of the Magnuson-Stevens Act
Chapter 13: Early Domestic Codfish Ventures
Chapter 14: Salt Cod Redux
Chapter 15: Americanization of Alaska Groundfish Fisheries
Section B: Catching Codfish
Chapter 16: Trawling
Chapter 17: Longlining
Chapter 18: Pot Fishing
Chapter 19: Jigging
Section C: Processing and Marketing Pacific Cod
Chapter 20: Getting the Most from Codfish: Modern Products
Chapter 21: Marketing Pacific Cod
Section D: Challenges, Development, and the Future of Alaska’s Pacific Cod Fishery
Chapter 22: Rationalization of Alaska’s Groundfish Fisheries
Chapter 23: Alaskanization of the Pacific Cod Fisheries
Chapter 24: Bycatch
Chapter 25: Effects of Federal Environmental Legislation on Alaska’s Pacific Cod Fisheries
Chapter 26: Casualties
Afterword
Bibliography
Index