Improbable Green Heroes

Last few days have been spent intensively writing the report for the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), which is now beginning to go out for comment.  Too much time spent at the keyboard, tapping away. Tired – and my cough of the past 5-6 weeks isn’t going away.  But weird form of good news yesterday when the Financial Times Weekend Magazine carried a story about the Somali pirates.  Their depredations have been so great that the outside world – including fishing vessels – now shy away from regional waters. Since it is said that foreign overfishing was one factor creating the piracy problem in the first place, it’s interesting to read that fear has created effective ‘no-take’ areas. In the areas affected, fish catches have doubled.