Ships Blog, 800NM crossing from Hierro to Cabo Verde

The crossing is uneventful with a noticed lack of wind, but also lacking large sea's, so we've made out well. Lots of blue sky's ushering us on our way, dolphins and flying fish appearing as we travel south. Hugh, the major hunter of the crew, is making valiant attempts at fishing with the trawling rod. The result is quite surprising. We seem to be in a population of mini fish. Despite using good sized hooks and lures, the most abundant size of fish is under 1.4KG. I personally have never even seen such small tuna and mahi mahi as encountered here. It's as if the fish have shrunk! Oddly enough, Steve sighted the largest jelly fish he's ever seen! We are thinking of swapping our sushi recipe for jelly fish recipes. According to scientists the chemical composition of the ocean is changing. The changes taking place make the ocean a less hospitable place for large fish, corals and mammals, yet a much more hospitable place for single cell organisms like algae, bacteria and primitive organisms like jelly fish. Australia has already seen a major rise in algae blooms, which impact their fishing industry. Could we be seeing this happen out here in the Atlantic ocean?