A moment that changed me: seeing my first moth fish | Fiona Gell

I was 22 and my life was at a crossroads. Holding that fish carcass and speaking to Amanda Vincent, a truly inspirational conservationist, sent me on the right pathLike many of the most important occasions in my life, the moment that changed me involved fish. Holding the desiccated carcass of a sea moth while talking to my heroine, the fish biologist and conservationist Dr Amanda Vincent, altered the course of my life.I was 22, and had just finished my biology degree. For my dissertation research I had spent a couple of months following butterflyfish in the Ras Mohammed national park in the Egyptian Red Sea. I had grown to recognise them by their individual markings and, by snorkelling at a discreet distance, I had mapped their territories and recorded their daily routine. Continue reading...