[The time has come for us to reward the patience of the fishing community. The time has come for us to acknowledge the indigenous knowledge and experience of generations, and integrate that knowledge with conventional research. One cannot learn that knowledge in schools. We cannot learn that knowledge in books. The fishermen and women say that you can only understand the sea once sea-water has flowed through your veins. Unfortunately, I do not have sea-water in my veins, but I listen to people such as Suleiman Achmat, Zandisile Henderson Ndongeni, Uncle Jack Heydrick and others who engage in subsistence fishing.]