There is no doubt that we are already very firmly on the way to most, if not all, of our fisheries carrying stocks of foreign fish of all species. Okay, it's the thin end of the wedge at the moment, but don't doubt that it will happen. The trend has already been set and it's far too late to stop it. That being so we should do the next best thing and make sure it's done legally and properly with disease-free fish of the best pedigree. The British Record Fish List will inevitably have to go through a period of farce during the transitional period when imports settle in, grow, breed, and become accepted. But remember that record fish lists are not there to bestow glory on the captor, but to document history, provide a yardstick, and that will still be the case, eventually, when the foreign imports become firmly rooted within our native species. It's too late to fight it happening, so let's just make sure that what happens next is done right.