World Fisheries Day: Celebrating the people behind the numbers
I have always been decidedly nonchalant about ‘international days of…’. I find it trite, and overused, and too often for things that are not causes for celebration. Birthdays and anniversaries are celebrations of people and unions. People and the planet are worth celebrating, but a hashtag is worth nothing. But today is a chance to reflect on where our food is coming from, and whose work is behind it. Fishers, in contrast to fisheries, that is something I can get behind, because these are the faces behind the numbers....