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THE INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

This is a tale of human obsession one intrepid tuna the dedicated fisherman who caught and set her free the promises and limits of ocean science and the big truth of how our insatiable appetite for bluefin transformed a cottage industry into a global dilemma

In 2004 an enigmatic charter captain named Al Anderson caught and marked one Atlantic bluefin tuna off New Englands coast with a plastic fish tag Fourteen years later that fishdubbed Amelia for her oceanspanning journeysdied in a Mediterranean fish trap sparking Karen Pinchins riveting investigation into the marvels struggles and prehistoric legacy of this remarkable species

Over his fishing career Al marked more than sixty thousand fish with plastic tags an obsession that made him nearly as many enemies as it did friends His quest landed him in the crossfire of an ongoing fight between a booming bluefin tuna industry and desperate conservation efforts a conflict that is once again heating up as overfishing and climate change threaten the fishs fate

Kings of Their Own Ocean is an urgent investigation that combines science business crime and environmental justice As Pinchin writes as a global community we are collectively only ever a few terrible choices away from wiping out any ocean species Through her exclusive access and interdisciplinary mesmerizing lens readers will join her on boats and docks as she visits tuna hot spots and scientists from Portugal to Japan New Jersey to Nova Scotia and glimpse as the author does rays of dazzling hope for the future of our oceans