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Dive deep beneath Central California's Coastal ocean as author and prize-winning underwater photographer Marc Shargel reveals the secret history of the region's marine life. Through archival photos and his own stunning imagery captured during 35 years of diving experience off the California Coast, Shargel illustrates a little-known chronicle of human use and human impact upon the life in Monterey Bay. Yesterday’s Ocean: A History of Marine Life on California’s Central Coast, tells stories of fish from sharks to sardines, creatures from abalone to sea otters and more.
Since before the Mission era, Californians have depended on their ocean for food, jobs, and recreation. The use of marine life has rarely been planned, and only recently have we begun to understand the resulting ecological consequences. Shargel’s newest publication, Yesterday’s Ocean, sheds light on this obscure history, revealing hidden links between human history, marine ecology, regulatory politics, and regional economics.
Living Sea Images is now able to offer printed copies of Yesterday’s Ocean: A History of Marine Life on California’s Central Coast to the general public. Printed copies have previously been available only to people involved in marine policy or marine education. A limited number of printed copies now available at Living Sea Images.com. The website has been offering Yesterday’s Ocean in eBook form since late 2013.
Marc Shargel is the author of three previous coffee table books on the life beneath California’s Coastal ocean. His Wonders of the Sea series is a lavishly illustrated, beautifully printed collection that has delighted everyone from kindergarteners to California’s highest elected office-holders. His books take readers on a visual voyage beneath the Pacific. Shargel’s energetic speaking style has entertained university students, scuba clubs and visitors to aquaria from San Diego to San Francisco. In 2013 he presented a talk at TEDx in Monterey, based on the information in Yesterday’s Ocean. Shargel has been an advocate for marine protected areas for over 15 years; from 2004 to 2006 he served on a state panel that mapped out new marine reserves and other areas along the Central California Coast.
Extras Available Online
Yesterday's Ocean comes with access to additional information posted on a series of special web pages. Linked to the booklet are complete reference notes—80 of them—plus a bibliography of over 25 books and papers which informed development of Yesterday's Ocean. Some of these titles have been our favorite reading on Central California topics.
EBook of Yesterday's Ocean on Your Mobile Device?
Would you like to takeYesterday's Ocean with you on your tabled or smart phone? We are working on a mobile (ePub) version that will be available free of charge, later this year. To be notified when it is available for download, just register your email address with us. If you have already registered, you'll be notified automatically.
Yesterday's Ocean is softbound and printed in color. It offers 20 pages of archival photography along with several full-color images by the author. 8 1/2 x 11 inches, published by Living Sea Images. Retail price: $13.95, you can order it here.
