Our politicians are fiddling while Rome burns.

We have a real crisis with the environment. And I am not talking here about whether its getting warmer.

We have a growing shortage of water in Australia. But we also have a problem with collapsing fish supplies. Have you noticed over the last 6 to 9 months that the cost of some fish has gone from about $17 or $18 per kilo all the way through to +$40?

Using under sea radar that was originally developed for defence fishermen have deployed this technology to become more efficient. They got so good that the price remained relatively low because supply was high.

Now there aren't too many fish left even when the fishing boats go way out to sea, so the time taken and the lack of supply is meaning that demand can't be met driving prices higher. Classic.

But most people aren't connecting the dots. This means we are almost out of fish. Wake up and smell the coffee! When we kill off the fish the oceans will be so out of balance that they will get sick and die.

We have to slow down.