INFOFISH is an Intergovernmental Organization set up by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to provide marketing information and technical advisory services for fishery products in the Asia Pacific Region and beyond. It is based in Kuala Lumpur and has been hosted by Malaysia since its inception in 1981.
They publish the Infofish International magazine and organise and host many events, particularly the tuna forums, to which I’m graciously invited. They have often published some of my writings, and I appreciate it immensely since some of the things I say may not always be palatable to industry, governments, educators, and private certification businesses. So I’m fortunate to have their trust in my personal opinions, as no business relationship exists between us.
In September, I had a rant on the 40th anniversary of my 1st commercial fishing trip… it struck a chord in some people… but not the same in all of them… someone told me that they didn’t know that I was such a “communist”… I was surprised about that… I didn't know that communism was still a thing in 2023! I guess that if having a social conscience and caring about people less lucky than you makes you some soviet style ideologist… it is a sad indictment of our society…
Yet most of the feedback was positive like the one of the editors of Infofish’s international magazine asked me if it would be ok to edit and polish my rant for the January February 2024 edition.
So yeah… here it is… for whatever it’s worth… this link takes you to the pdf, and below are the article's images.
I hope you all had a great New Year.
