Fish

I’ve just returned from a glorious pre-winter vacation in Saint Lucia, our favorite Caribbean destination. Staying at a beautiful beach at Rodney Bay, we noticed that there are areas that have reefs with beautiful fish living there, some of which are very few in number and are potentially suffering extinction.
One thing that surprised us was seeing people fishing on the beach. We understand that fishing is “legal” but surely they could find somewhere else to fish rather than where people are swimming (creating dangerous situations with live hooks). Or perhaps they could understand that many fish species are being depleted and are suffering extinction: does Saint Lucia really want to be an island without marine life?
It's our hope that the government might favor visitors who love to swim in the sea, while protecting the reef fish. We hope they will post notices advising people who feel they must fish to consider fishing where people are not swimming.

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