Illegal fishing, what about overfishing? Samoa has many issues to deal with, I know, but one definitely should be overfishing. Its sad. In 2004, I was up early, grabbed my pole and took a stroll in hoping to catch a couple of fishes and ofcourse, a little fun. Sad to say, I went back home with a hand full of nothing. My sisters made fun of me for been gone so long and had nothing to show for. Yeah, they're so funny. The next time I went fishing, I bought some and hooked them on to small branch and bragged about it. Yup, they did not complain at all (Wink Wink). Now, have we fish the heck out of our shores or have the fishes got out of school early and decided no to come back? I heard rumors of certain fishing laws but through the same teeth also crind about how its never enforced. Do we make laws so we can say there's laws and do nothing? Thats like having steel doors with locks in a jail house and guards leave them wide open and unlocked. We mind as well remove the doors. At the fish market I noticed several small baby sharks spread along a table for sale, I asked someone there if it was illegal to kill sharks, I was told yes, it is illegal to kill sharks and the fine was hefty, but if you do, a couple of bucks to the right person will take care of that problem. So..why are baby sharks being laid out in the fish market to be sold? Look, I know sharks are one of those things people usually do not like to see when you're in the water, but they also have a big part to play in the ocean. When we get rid of babies, that'll be many years of ocean without sharks. Friends, try walking along the sea shore and see how much ocean life do you see and how much you think should be there. If you lived in Samoa years ago, you should know how different it looks now in the ocean, its totally bared. Good for the NZlanders to help prevent illegal fishing almost outside of our ocean borders but what about where you and I can reach with a fishing pole, can we try a little harder to control those areas?