New England's bottom-fishing industry once fed millions of people but has dwindled as species such as Atlantic halibut and ocean perch have become commercially extinct.

Looking at a big Atlantic redfish, John says that heís always put life before his writing.

I'm not planning on doing anything about it. Red perched himself on the back of the couch and set about dismantling the rifle.

Then, when maybe they have caught schnapper, red bream and parrot-fish, they drift among the turtle, and the sport begins.

"I think the TAI (the red bream) must be the thief who has stolen the hook!"