Fish

Staff · Issue 27, Nov/Dec 2005 · pp. 4

www.urprofilters.com URPRO Correction Technology Fish UwP front covers have always given me a great deal of satisfaction for I am not restricted by the newsagent’s shelf formulaic layout. This issue’s front cover is no exception photographically but it also helps to illustrate a message. On a recent trip to Indonesia I became acutely aware of the lack of decent sized fish on nearly every dive. I was told that, in recent years, foreign fishing fleets had bought the rights and came through with factory ships and virtually hoovered the sea. Coincidentally I was loaned a DVD of Cousteau’s ‘Silent World’ and noticed how many fish there were back in the 50’s. Then I got a press release about www.fish4ever.org Editorial who are campaigning to encourage sustainable fishing. Their site made me aware of the deep-sea bottom trawling concern which highlights the depths (pun intended) fishermen have …