One in five of all the fish
caught and put on sale
is illegal caught by larcenists
a fairly gruesome tale
of evil on the high seas
lamentable desires
stealing from the sacred places
and many countries liars
able with a straight face
to steal huge net falls they
take from the starving souls
An d not prepared to pay
in Africa they are starving
it is the IUU
poaching and now filching
that how they get their way
with the poorer nations
slave ships 123
Leading on to the pirates
And violence every day
the oceans being cleared out
of vitality and more
its crooked and its devious
Really an all out war
Rex Tyler is a Poet, Campaigner, former owner of an organic shop of 30 years, and Public Speaker living in Berkhamsted, UK.