OT: lots of fish (was Re: VSNL CANTAT-3 Optical Submarine Cable)

Tue Dec 18 22:36:34 UTC 2007

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, Martin Hannigan wrote:
> There is a major fishing ground north of the cantat route off of
> Iceland and south of Hornsfjordur

That is an understatement.  I have fished in this area and was
astounded.  Here was the process:

1. Drop a heavy-gauge line in the water with three large unbaited
   hooks spaced about one meter apart.
2. Immediately pull the line from the water.
3. Remove three fish (usually cod).
4. Repeat until you are bored.

No wonder the Icelanders fight wars over their fishing grounds.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cod_war)

Matt