"You never know when you are going to sight a fish you haven't seen before, " said Peter Leahy, an amatuer diver who has been participating in the fish count for the last seven years.

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"Anywhere you go and try to harvest fish with a trawl you are going to destroy any coral that lives there, and there is example after example of the damage that is done by trawlers, " says Ron O'Dor, a senior scientist on the Census of Marine Life.

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Visitors are required to wear a life jacket or wetsuit, you cannot feed the fish or submerge yourself beneath them, only three people (plus a guide) are allowed in the water at one time, and, no, you cannot catch a ride on their fin.

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In addition, you may want to consider adding fatty fish such as salmon at least once a week to ensure that you are getting plenty of omega-3 fatty acids, which are important for both heart and brain health.

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When you think of it, stocks are a lot like tuna fish.

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If you are a Westerner, would you consider trying congee or grilled fish for breakfast?

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Right now, a very small percentage are trying to still fish where you can fish.

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"When you see manefish collected in trawls they are incredibly beat up, they don't look like much of a fish at all, " said Professor Benfield.

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