Fishy Policies Poem by Terence George Craddock (Spectral Images and Images Of Light)

do research
hide data
ignore facts

take no action

back in 2009
data from trawlers
from 46 countries

were sampled
scientifically sifted
labourishly researched

plus bonus
two global fisheries
tuna and shark fin

using long lines?

at a bycatch rate
of 92 per cent
industry shark fin

tops as efficient
league champions
just cut off fins

more soupy tails

throw away body shark
destined to bloody sink
fish to extinction brink

destined to drown in extinction seas

Bangladesh shrimp fisheries
were ultimate survey losers
worst with over 95 per cent

of catch composed of non-target species

research data Marine Policy published
EU Common Fisheries Policy prepared
forthcoming review hopefully influenced

hook line and sinker sunk
reports composed just more fishy stories
mother ships ever catch hungry not Chinese junks

newsflash species once considered
unpalatable are appearing in fishmongers
alternative markets booming extinctions looming netted