The Ocean's Whistleblower

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The epic tale of an extraordinary and unconventional life--of political and racial awakening--and of saving the ocean. This is Daniel Pauly.Daniel Pauly is a living legend in the world of marine biology: a brave scientist who blew the whistle on the powerful fishing industry and alerted the public to the catastrophic effects of overfishing on our planet. He is also a scientist whose life was shaped by struggle. Born in France to a white Frenchwoman and a Black American soldier, Pauly was "adopted" under murky circumstances by an abusive family and spent his childhood enslaved as the family's live-in servant in Switzerland.As a teenager, Pauly managed to escape and put himself through schooling. He went on to a successful and long career in oceanography, eventually coining the influential term "shifting baselines" in which, over time, our knowledge is lost about the natural world, leading to a poor grasp of its degradation.Author David Grémillet tells Pauly's remarkable story through interviews with Pauly himself, family members, teachers, colleagues, and friends. He describes Pauly's racial and political awakening after reuniting with his father in the American South. He describes Pauly's pioneering research and his insights into the pervasive issue of slavery in the fishing industry. Above all, he offers a rich and colorful portrait of a remarkable man who overcame insurmountable odds to become one of the most important scientists of our time.