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Thursday 20 June 2019

Respect The Sea

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One day Jack, a little red snapper was swimming around in the sea. His parents had told him to stay away from the boats but as usual Jack didn’t listen. Above the water Alex was looking for a snapper for dinner. He had taken his boat out to the place he knew the fish swam. 

Alex didn’t care about the fish. He just wanted to cook some up for dinner. He didn’t care if the fish he caught were too small. He didn’t care if the fish he caught were too big, he just took them off his hook with his bare hands. Alex only wanted a nice meal.

His friends used to get angry with him because they knew it was important to think about the size of the fish you took from the sea because if they didn’t do this the fish won’t be able to breed. That would mean there would be no fish to catch in the future.

Not using a wet towel to hold a fish will damage its scales which can make them get sick or die.

If Alex remembered to measure the fish he caught he would know it was important to put undersized fish like Jack back in the sea, but he didn’t. Jack had been hungry and had seen the bait but unfortunately he didn’t see the hook. The next thing he knew he was up! Fish don’t do that so he knew he was in trouble.

His scales felt very dry, he couldn’t breathe, why didn’t he listen to his parents. Suddenly he felt a splash of salt water, the splash became bigger and soon all his scales started to cool down and he could breathe again.

Alex had a big grin on his face. He knew he was having fish for dinner that day. Alex didn’t follow many rules but he did know that if he filled the bucket with salt water the fish would stay fresh. Alex was a greedy fisherman and caught way over the limit if seven snapper a day. As he started to make his way back home the fisheries police decided to check how many fish he had caught

Alex went straight to jail because he couldn’t pay the big fine for having too many fish. The police put Jack back in the sea just in time. He knew he had a lucky escape and decided that this would be the last time he ever tried to eat bait.

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