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Gordon McFarlane co-authored with Dr. Jackie King the field guide: Sharks, Skates, Rays and Chimeras of British Columbia (Royal BC Museum $24.95). Despite wide-spread fear of sharks driven by sensationalist movies and media reports, most of B.C.'s species (as well as other sharks around the world) are cautious and placid. Many sharks live in waters where they are unlikely to have human contact. This book goes a long way to presenting these chondrichthyans as important creatures of the pacific northwest coastal waters, "worthy of respect, study, admiration and protection."
In 2014, McFarlane contributed to, and co-edited with Richard Beamish, The Sea Among Us: The Amazing Georgia Strait of Georgia (Harbour, $39.95) about the 6,900 sq. km. body of water lying between the province's mainland and Vancouver Island, which is rich in history, teeming with wildlife and marine traffic, and is essential to British Columbians for food, jobs, travel and recreation. Chapter topics include: geology, Indigenous issues, history, oceanography, fish, birds, mammals, invertebrates and plants. In 2021, The Sea Among Us was published as a paperback.
Dr. Gordon McFarlane spent more than 30 years as a researcher at the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo. He lives on Vancouver Island.
BOOKS
The Sea Among Us: The Strait of Georgia (Harbour 2014) $39.95 978-1-55017-683-4
Sharks, Skates, Rays and Chimeras of British Columbia (Royal BC Museum 2020) $24.95 978-0-7726733-5-0. Photographs by Andy Murch.
Published in paperback: The Sea Among Us: The Amazing Georgia Strait of Georgia (Harbour, 2021) $34.95 978-1-55017-951-4
[BCBW 2021]
In 2014, McFarlane contributed to, and co-edited with Richard Beamish, The Sea Among Us: The Amazing Georgia Strait of Georgia (Harbour, $39.95) about the 6,900 sq. km. body of water lying between the province's mainland and Vancouver Island, which is rich in history, teeming with wildlife and marine traffic, and is essential to British Columbians for food, jobs, travel and recreation. Chapter topics include: geology, Indigenous issues, history, oceanography, fish, birds, mammals, invertebrates and plants. In 2021, The Sea Among Us was published as a paperback.
Dr. Gordon McFarlane spent more than 30 years as a researcher at the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo. He lives on Vancouver Island.
BOOKS
The Sea Among Us: The Strait of Georgia (Harbour 2014) $39.95 978-1-55017-683-4
Sharks, Skates, Rays and Chimeras of British Columbia (Royal BC Museum 2020) $24.95 978-0-7726733-5-0. Photographs by Andy Murch.
Published in paperback: The Sea Among Us: The Amazing Georgia Strait of Georgia (Harbour, 2021) $34.95 978-1-55017-951-4
[BCBW 2021]
