A hint of optimism creeps into Darius Kasprzak's voice as he pilots his boat, the Marona, out of Kodiak harbor on a recent calm day. "We're in the morning, we're at the start of the flood tide," he ...

Intro; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: The Salt Cod Era (1863-1950); Chapter 1: Codfish Fundamentals; Chapter 2: Early Development of the ...