Harvesting the Sea praised in the Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Annalisa Marzano's book, Harvesting the Sea: The Exploitation of Marine Resources in the Roman Mediterranean, has been praised by Geoffrey Kron (University of Victoria) as "an outstanding overview of the importance of maritime resources in the Roman economy". The review in the Bryn Mawr Classical Review also applauds the breadth of the book and its "significant advances over the interpretations current in the archaeological and technical literature". 

The volume, published in the Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy series in 2013, provides the first systematic treatment of the exploitation of various marine resources, such as large-scale fishing, fish salting, salt and purple-dye production, and oyster and fish-farming, in the Roman world and its role within the ancient economy. As Kron points out, the book "will appeal to scholars, graduate and undergraduate students and general readers interested in the Greco-Roman economy, fishing, fish farming, shellfish culture, salt production, and garum and salsamenta."