edlin watches the pelican. it shows him where his bait will go. edlin: i grew up out here. quit school from 15 years old and i started fishing with my dad. but this is my school, the ocean. reporter: edlin also sees himself as a reef protector. he would never use large fishing nets, for example. they kill too many animals and corals. edlin: if you don't have a healthy reef you don't have any fish to go after. you know? the reef system protects the fishes. if you don't have the fishes cleaning these corals and stuff like that, the corals will die, too. reporter: edlin is dedicated to fifishing sustaiainably. not t everyone is.s. he protects the crayfishjujust it's notot yet fishingng seas. though he's not so forgiving with the fire fish. edlin: this kills all the little fishes that live around the corals and groom the corals. reporter: the belize government has now divided the reef into zones in order to protect it. you u can only fish h in yourn area, to a allow species to recover.r. that's what edlin is committed to. edlin: we've got to protect, or else the future is not g

double edlin sword. >> any individual colony support? >> they can get some from, you know, like from the county who might, you know, raise monies and whatnot to supply them properly. but they don't have to. it's much more voluntary than anything else? okay question base the militia? yes, andrew. >> so if someone was on paper, like fully qualified to be in the militia, how hard was it for them to be disqualified? >> pretty difficult, actually. seriously, i mean it's pretty much -- it's just about the -- it's the age requirement and that's -- that's it. and you go. or you could pay the fine and not go is part of it. but, yeah, it's just expected and most men will go. it's part of being -- parts of the rights and privileges of being a citizen is this is what you do. you vote. you are a member of the militia. you sit on a jury. you -- all those things it's part and parcel of being a citizen. anyways, other questions about the militia? the other force in the field when we need to think about is the continentals. created in june of '75. thank