No matter how far a fish swims, it doesn't come to the end of the ocean. No matter how far a bird flies, it doesn't come to the end of the sky. Since the beginning, fish and birds have always been one with their elements. When there is a great need, a great use appears. When there is a small need, a small use appears. Thus the full use of things is always as it is. Wherever something is, it covers its own ground. If a bird cut itself off from the sky it would die. If a fish cut itself off from water it would die. Also, the life of the sky is the bird itself, the life of the water is the fish. The bird is life, the fish is life.
excerpt of Dogen's Genjokoan
"We're relieved that there are still fish in the river, that the federal government's abysmal salmon management hasn't let all of them disappear. But for us, it's really too little, too late," said Liz Hamilton, Executive Director of the Northwest Sportfishing Industry Association. "Our spring sportfishing season is already in shambles - again - and may turn out to be the worst we've ever experienced. Even if the final numbers end up meeting preseason forecasts, there is no good news here."
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