If David Goethel was a cat, he would be in the market for

more lives. But David is a small boat fisherman, an endangered species, who

works tirelessly for himself and others like him to survive. Follow along on

that journey, sea stories and autobiography mixed with twists and turns of

science and management as David and his family work relentlessly to feed

America sustainable seafood. Fishing is not a job; it is a way of life. David

is determined to maintain that life fighting through storm tossed adversity

that nature lays out endlessly, and the new sinister efforts of a modern

society who live on land and have no concept of how those at sea ensure their

own survival as well as the fish on which they depend. Reading Endangered

Species will take readers on a journey through time while demonstrating why

some individuals will always be called to work the sea.