Jack & Anne Rudloe
Jack Rudloe, one of America’s foremost nature writers, has spent more than 40 years studying and working to protect marine life. He has explored sea life in six well-received books, The Sea Brings Forth, The Erotic Ocean, The Living Dock, Time of the Turtle, The Wilderness Coast, and Search for the Great Turtle Mother. He has led American Zoological Society expeditions to capture specimens for the New York Aquarium and studied and collected on behalf of Harvard University, the American Museum of Natural History, the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, the British Museum of Natural History, and many other leading institutions around the world.
Anne Rudloe, Ph.D. is author of numerous scientific research publications on animal behavior, marine ecology, and endangered species. She received her Ph.D. from Florida State University, where she teaches courses on marine biology and environmental issues. Her writing has appeared in National Geographic, Smithsonian, and numerous scientific journals. She is author of Butterflies on a Sea Wind: Beginning Zen and coauthor of Priceless Florida: Natural Ecosystems and Native Species with E. Whitney, Ph.D., and B. Means, Ph.D.
Together, the Rudloes run the Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory, an award-winning independent nonprofit environmental center and aquarium located in Panacea, Florida
Books
Shrimp: The Endless Quest for Pink Gold
This is a book about shrimp. It’s about people who love to eat shrimp, fishermen who roam the seas catching them, and aquaculturists who raise them in ponds, selling them more cheaply than fishermen ever could. This book is about shrimp, but it’s also about the past and future and about a conflict as old as humanity itself—the conflict between hunter-gatherers and farmers. This book is about shrimp, but it is also about the vastness and diversity of nature and humanity. You will meet shrimp powerful enough to break aquarium glass. You will travel in time, from abandoned Mayan tombs to the California Gold Rush; in space, from the heart of Cajun country to the English Channel; in environments, from battered trawlers to university laboratories. You will learn things you never imagined— about microbiology and real estate, and about economics and ecosystems. As you meet the people around the world who’ve caught, sold, cooked, and loved shrimp, you might just meet your own ancestors.
- Four thousand amazing species
From the tiger prawn to the rock shrimp to your table - The gold rush...and the shrimp rush?
The amazing history of shrimping in America - In the tank: shrimp courtship rituals
Uncovering the secrets of shrimp sex - Shrimp wars
Shrimpers, turtles, environmentalists, and real estate speculators
Bonus Content
Shrimp: The Endless Quest for Pink Gold
"Going Shrimping"
Jack and Anne Rudloe discuss the trials and tribulations of life as a shrimper. Read More…
What Are People Saying?
“Shrimp: The Endless Quest for Pink Gold is a deep and expert look not only at an important human food source, but also of the fragile complexity of the ecosystem in which it is created.”
--Edward O. Wilson, Pellegrino Research Professor, emeritus, Harvard University and two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize
“Jack and Anne Rudloe aren’t just Florida literary treasures, they are national treasures. Their most recent work, Shrimp, is among their best–and that is very good, indeed!”
--Randy Wayne White, author of the Doc Ford series
“Rich in stories of seamen and the sea, Shrimp tells a fascinating story not only of the little creature itself, but of all the trials and tribulations the intrepid shrimper goes through to harvest it up. As scientists and marine biologists, the Rudloes know whereof they speak, and as writers, they have the talent and grace to make it interesting.”
--From the Foreword by Winston Groom, author, Forrest Gump
“Most humans are said to be composed 90% of water, but for those of us who grew up on the Gulf of Mexico, I think that other 10% must be shrimp. The Rudloes leave the Living Dock behind for a voyage to the land of Pink Crustaceans, and I for one am happy to be aboard for that voyage.”
--Jimmy Buffett