I've been reading Paul Greenberg's "Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food," which is truly one of the finest non-fiction books I've read in years. I'm ashamed to admit that I waited two years to get this read because this slim volume does more to address what happened — and what is happening — to the salmon, tuna, sea bass and cod than anything I have ever read anywhere. Greenberg is a great story teller who also has a profound knowledge of his subject from just about every vantage point. It's really a can't-put-this-down read.
One thing Greenberg really enjoys are remarkable ironies. So in quiz question #1, we'll turn one of his more delicious ones into a quiz question:
What town was the site of a dam that, in 1798, destroyed the most important Atlantic salmon run in southern New England and is now the home to one of the most promising fishing farming efforts on the planet (for Australian barramundi of all things)?
Turners Falls, Massachusetts. That's right. One of those little bio-historical ironies. -ned Desmond
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