Fishes of the Salish Sea

by Theodore W. Pietsch and James Wilder Orr

New Book of the Week , September 16, 2019

To say this is the perfect gift for the fish fan in your life is both an understatement and an assumption that you have $150 to throw around. Over two decades in preparation, this three-volume wonder from the University of Washington stands where no book has stood before, as an authoritative—and exquisitely beautiful—guide to the 260 fishes of our Northwest waters. I am sure it will be a necessity in the library of any professional in the field; for an amateur fish-lover it would be a breathtaking and treasured possession. Come by and check it out.

— Tom

Fishes of the Salish Sea was reviewed in Newsletter #246 on September 16, 2019. For more like this, and other bookish news, sign up for the newsletter .

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