Fiona Gell grew up in the Isle of Man, lobster-potting with her great-uncle, fishing for pollock with her father and instinctively accepting the heritage of her family of Manx fishermen and crofters. Then she left the island to develop her interest in marine biology in locations across the globe. It felt almost accidental that she should find herself returning to face the challenge of setting up nature reserves in the land of her birth.
Working as the Isle of Man Government’s first marine conservation officer, I had the opportunity to experience everything you can imagine involved with protecting the sea. I examined dead
