writing had been clearly maritime written <br />highlighted upon oceans walls for decades <br />greed claimed oceans could not be emptied <br />stupidity said inexhaustible were vast seas <br /> <br />but decades of data affirmed emptying seas <br />an example was tuna and tuna-like species <br />was denied by supposed expert statements <br /> <br />“serious over-fishing has been largely avoided <br />for various reasons, (such as) including the high <br />productivity of tuna species and possibly, (what) <br />decreases in fish prices to uneconomical (prices) <br /> <br />as markets become (unbelievable) saturated” <br />a world ever expanding ever hungry population <br />and de expert believes markets are saturated? <br /> <br />but a temporary blip in saga sea fish markets <br />world trends fish eating clearly demonstrated <br />affirmed documented globally increased sales <br />1950s to 2000 fleets raped increased catches <br /> <br />catches of southern bluefin steeply increased <br />from only 14 000t in 1952 to 53 000t in 1961 <br />between 40 000t and 55 000t until date 1974 <br />warns unsustainable fluctuated without trend <br /> <br />from 47 000t in 1980 to only 12 000t in 1991 <br />observe catches fast steeply steadily decreased <br />needle next between 11 000t to 17 600t flickers <br />15 000t in 2002 about to risk nose dive reported <br /> <br />as venerable blue fin tuna warning extinction goes <br />so all fish predators fishing down species goes <br />catch fish before bred in unsustainable numbers <br />are excellent fish stocks disaster extinction recipes <br /> <br /> <br />Copyright © Terence George Craddock<br /><br />Terence George Craddock (Spectral Images and Images Of Light)<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hail-venerated-king-of-sushi-in-death-throes/
