Sounding an alarm on the state of our seas

By 2048, the fish we know today will have disappeared, marine scientist Callum Roberts warns John Daly.

WHEN Callum Roberts speaks at the West Cork Literary Festival next Tuesday about the remarkable story of humanity’s relationship with the sea, he will be assured of an attentive audience given the region’s long maritime history.

Indeed, all of us on this island nation would do well to heed his thoughts on our relationship with this once rich resource, and how over-exploitation is ruthlessly decimating its disappearing bounty.