FISH 133 Spring 2019
The members magazine from the Institute of Fisheries Management
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Front cover: Fishing for Patagonian toothfish in the South Atlantic © Tony Fitzsimmons MSC<br />
Design: POLAR 10 www.polar10.com<br />
Fish <strong>133</strong><br />
Inside this edition<br />
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View from the Chair<br />
The Plight of Patagonian Toothfish<br />
A Living Fossil, the Lungfish<br />
Living at Extreme Depth<br />
More Plastic than Fish in the Ocean<br />
by 2050<br />
Climate Change and Freshwater<br />
Ecosystems<br />
Remembering Simon McKelvey<br />
The Paul Coulson BLOG<br />
IFM News<br />
Breaking News<br />
Book Review<br />
Members and their fish<br />
Editorial Team:<br />
Lawrence Talks, Steve Axford, Peter Spillett,<br />
Paul Coulson, Iain Turner, Valerie Holt, David Bunt<br />
IFM<br />
( Institute of Fisheries Management )<br />
PO Box 679, Hull, HU5 9AX<br />
Tel: +44(0)845 388 7012<br />
E-mail: info@ifm.org.uk.<br />
www.ifm.org.uk<br />
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If you would like to contribute to<br />
<strong>FISH</strong> please get in touch.<br />
The theme for this edition<br />
of <strong>FISH</strong> is Fisheries on<br />
the Edge, which not only<br />
provided me with an<br />
opportunity to look at the<br />
amazing world of fish but<br />
also to feature two of the<br />
biggest environmental<br />
issues of our age: climate<br />
change and plastics.<br />
This edition starts with an article that looks at the<br />
plight of the Patagonian toothfish, which all too<br />
clearly illustrates how industrialised fishing has the<br />
power to decimate fish stocks through its ‘gold<br />
rush’ mentality to exploiting the world’s oceans<br />
and the impact that it can have on wildlife. It<br />
also illustrates the influence of consumers, the<br />
exposure of albatrosses being killed by their<br />
thousands and the importance of regulation,<br />
certification and cooperation.<br />
Sticking with unusual fish, I have written an article<br />
on lungfish, which have always fascinated me for<br />
they look prehistoric and are slightly mysterious.<br />
In perhaps a first for <strong>FISH</strong>, my son Charlie has<br />
contributed a section on how fish evolved to<br />
breathe air.<br />
The next article explores fish living at extreme<br />
depth and how in 2014 the Mariana snailfish<br />
was discovered living at 8,145m in the depths<br />
of the ocean.<br />
Plastic and climate change are two of the biggest<br />
environmental challenges of our age. Having<br />
recently been involved in a beach clean in north<br />
Cornwall, the task of tackling plastics in our<br />
environment is huge, with literally trillions of<br />
fragments of plastic polluting the environment.<br />
Climate change also seems a daunting issue.<br />
Radical transformative changes are needed to<br />
restore and protect nature and we all need to<br />
step up.<br />
Finally, we remember Simon McKelvey who sadly<br />
passed away last December.<br />
If you would like to contribute to <strong>FISH</strong> please<br />
get in touch.<br />
Lawrence Talks - <strong>FISH</strong> editor<br />
fish@ifm.org.uk<br />
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