Chapter 9 – ‘MORA’

CHAPTER 9 – ‘MORA’ Spring (Part 2) A dozen times he recast when the bait was fished out and had swung right round to the edge of the surf, each time moving a little way along the beach to cover new ground. As the sun went down

CHAPTER 9 – ‘MORA’ Spring (Part 1) In the spring the North Atlantic Drift, pushed along by the mild southwesterly winds, carries rich nutrients into the bay from the far off seas of the Gulf of Mexico. Creatures living in the sea and above it depend, in

CHAPTER 9 – ‘MORA’ Winter (Part 2) Mora stayed feeding in the open area of the harbour until the early snow water began to come down from the hills, and the continuously cold winds cooled the water sufficiently to make her swim out to the deeps. As

CHAPTER 9 – ‘MORA’ Winter (Part 1) Year followed year, and with the passing of time Mora grew to exceed 10lb. Her natural enemies became fewer and fewer and she left the shoal to hunt on her own. She was a creature of habit, and her life

CHAPTER 9 – ‘MORA’ Autumn (Part 2) At this time the tenants of the reef changed as some of the summer visitors, who had come there to spawn, departed on their winter migration to warmer southerly waters. Others, following the shoreline until they tasted the waters of