Can you imagine a world without fish? How would such a world look like? Can humans survive such a world? Can we live in a world where the seas and oceans, the streams and rivers, and the lakes and estuaries are becoming dead and devoid of fishes?
Do we realize just how much we depend on the fishes for our own well-being and survival?
Well, if humans do not get our acts together, and do not do it soon, then the terrible effects of environmental degradation and climate change will combine to make that terrible and unimaginable event a reality. We will face a terrible ecosystem collapse, food shortage catastrophe, and a completely inhospitable global environment. Humans will face an existential crisis and an extinction crisis of our own making.
Will the nations of the world wake up in time to save our one and only planet of life? Will the many self-centered politicians all over the world stop their selfish squabbling and politicking and get down to work for the good of all and for the protection of our planet? Can we make sure that they do the right things?
This book evokes the sense of fun with fish and fish names in English, Chinese and Malay in addressing all these serious and critical issues. It also traces many fishy tales and not so fishy tales from various countries around the world about many of the most interesting and important fishes.
Finally, it examines the incredible lineage of fish in the long evolutionary history and the future of fish aquaculture and food supply.
