Harvesting the Bay: Fathers, Sons and the Last of the Wild Shellfishermen

By: Ray Huling

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Synopsis: &“If we mean to change our ways, how will we do it? How will we make our food and our system of food production healthy, sustainable, and secure? How will we make them, in a word, sane? Who will do this work?&” Ray Huling knows the hard realities of shellfishing. His father and grandfathers were shellfishermen on Rhode Island&’s Narragansett Bay, laborers in an age-old trade. Because he grew up surrounded by quahaugers, the industry is in his blood and the drive to keep it sustainable is what makes up his family history. In Harvesting the Bay, Huling answers these pressing questions and delivers a moving portrait of the men and women who work the waters of the Atlantic Coast in the harsh environment of the shellfishing industry. Huling argues that any successful sustainable food enterprise will likely resemble shellfishing in Rhode Island, an industry that has existed sustainably for over 150 years, with its complex system of governance, its fierce and obsessive workforce, and its conflicts within communities and between generations. This thought-provoking book sets the complexities of sustainable food production against a heartwarming story of one family&’s enduring years of work on the seas.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 288 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780762787098
Publisher:: Globe Pequot Publishing
Date of Addition:: 10/09/25
Copyrighted By:: Ray Huling
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Animals, Biographies and Memoirs, Outdoors and Nature
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.