i will now turn it over to mark kurlansky who will be our moderator for the panel. today on the world's water. thank you very much. >> thank you. is a pleasure to be here. i write a lot about fish. [laughter] one thing i find in all of the debates about what's going on with fish is there are two things that nobody really likes to talk about very much: pollution and global warming. fishermen tried to talk about these things and environmentalists say perhaps inadvertently making this bad pun and say they're just trying to let themselves off the hook. [laughter] so i'm very happy to be on this panel with a couple of guys who want to talk about pollution and global warming. >> you have an order? >> howard, why don't you? >> sure, think very much, it's a pleasure to be here and an honor to be on this panel with these two distinguished authors. you have to forgive me in it fancified talk alas. i have hundreds of people to offend and a short time to do it. [laughter] so i'm going to get right to the heart of the matter. i want to talk a bit as they do in this book about th