Poison and profits: cyanide fishing in the Indo-Pacific. (includes related articles) From: Environment | Date: October 1, 1998| Author: Barber, Charles Victor; Pratt. Vaughan R. | COPYRIGHT 1998 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The increased demand for live reef fish in Europe and North America has resulted in the increase of cyanide fishing in the Indo-Pacific region. Aside from the environmental consequences of cyanide fishing, it also negatively affects the health of fishermen.

A board the Morning Sun in the grey Hong Kong dawn just before Christmas 1997, a stocky Chinese stevedore stood waist-deep in a tank with dozens of furiously thrashing napoleon wrasse, one of the most spectacular of Asia's coral...

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