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BOOKS SALMON PIONEERS FACED A RUNNING BATTLE Swimming Upstream – how salmon farming developed in New Zealand, is another book from the accomplished New Zealand author Jenny Haworth. Jenny looks at a pioneering 30-year struggle to take game fish introduced to our rivers over 100 years ago and turn them into a $70 million a year export earner. The battle for river usage began when the opening of the Waitaki Dam in 1933 caused havoc among the returning salmon. This was closely followed by the Canterbury irrigation scheme linking the Rangitata River with the Ashburton and the Rakaia Rivers, causing further disruption to the returning fish. Battle lines were drawn as the fight to legalise fin-fish farming for salmon and trout began. Swimming Upstream (Wily Publications Ltd, $49.95) pays tribute to the early pioneers and their families who provided the stoic support needed during some of the most adverse and challenging times this industry has faced. With over 300 pages featuring some excellent photography of New Zealand aquaculture at work in harmony with our natural environment, Swimming Upstream is a fascinating and easy-to- read insight into the important and valuable development of the New Zealand salmon industry over the last 40 years. In the words of Paul Steere, the former chief executive officer of the New Zealand King Salmon Company: "It is an industry that continues to offer significant promise for sustained economic growth, both for New Zealand and the rural communities in which it is based." The book shows how innovative our early salmon farmers were. It covers their trials and problems which nearly cost them their livelihood and demonstrates how the men and women with a passion survived to build a successful industry. THE KILLER WHALES OF EDEN Small local whaling stations, like the Peranos in Cook Strait and the Davidsons in Twofold Bay, flourished on both sides of the Tasman Sea in the late 1800s. Whales don't recognise country boundaries, as discovered when the Peranos retrieved an old toggle harpoon from a right whale which George Davidson had thrown several years earlier. Davidson used old-fashioned, hand-held harpoons because modern explosives upset his hunting partners, a pod of killer GOT OLD, UNLOVED MARITIME BOOKS GATHERING DUST? Professional Skipper is looking for unwanted books featuring all aspects of New Zealand's maritime history, from shipping to fi shing to the waterfront, to add to our growing in-house reference library. CONTACT: The Editor, Keith Ingram Professional Skipper, 4 Prince Regent Drive Half Moon Bay, Manukau City 2012 PHONE 09 533 4336 email: keith@skipper.co.nz 70 Professional Skipper September/October 2011 whales, or orcas. These orcas would round a baleen whale into Twofold Bay on the southern coast of New South Wales, call the whalers out in their boats and help keep it confined while the whalers killed it. The orcas' payment was the tongue and lips, eaten before the whalers towed the remaining carcass to shore for processing. Other whalers might have driven off or killed the orcas, but in Eden the predominantly aboriginal crew believed they were reincarnated warriors who would help them hunt whales. And so they did, right up until the 1930s when one of the killer whales, Old Tom, died. The story of these remarkable killer whales and their unique hunting partnership is explored in a newly revised edition of Killers in Eden by biologist and science writer Danielle Clode. First published by Allen & Unwin in 2002, this latest edition (Museum Victoria, A$29.95) is available at most leading bookshops or from Nell O'Bryan, email: nell@nellobryan.co.au Also see the website www.killersofeden.com and the DVD with the same title. LEGENDS AND MYTHS Maori Myth and Legend (Penguin Books (NZ) $25) is a lovely small book of traditional stories by AW Reed. The gods of Aotearoa are found in many islands of Polynesia, but in no other place was the cosmogony and pantheon of gods more clearly and imaginatively defined than among Maori people. Maori have a rich and colourful tradition of myth and legend and the author tells many of their most important and popular tales and myths with the general reader in mind. Whether you are a believer or not, the stories range from the creation of the world to the coming of life and death. They incorporate the great god Tane, Maui, who tamed the sun, the women on the moon and monsters, including the feared taniwha. A YEAR ANGLING AFTER TROUT With disarming honesty and freshness, the author Derek Grzelewski, who is a renowned photographer and adventurer, has written The Trout Diaries, a highly readable account of his year dedicated to fly-fishing in New Zealand. His thrill of close encounters with this elusive quarry is countered by relating the highs and lows, and the intricacies and finesse of pursuing trout in the wild places of some of New Zealand's pristine waters. Each month covers aspects of fly-fishing relevant to the time of year, which are particularly useful, especially for the occasional freshwater angler. The Trout Diaries (David Batemen, $39.99) is nicely illustrated with sketches and colour plates. Grzelewski considers innovative techniques and useful equipment, the pros and cons of catch and release, and the joy of wild encounters. He also promotes a call to protect the rivers and the trout that help make our country unique. VIP.S61