You're supposed to use only your library and your (of course) fantastically well-stocked memory to find the answers, but some competitors, rather shamingly, have been suspected of swapping answers with fellow sufferers and even (steady on) relying on the internet.Even more shocking is the news, from the almanac's editor, Gerard Benson, that one long-serving Nemoite actually set up a website on which to chat to fellow bookish anoraks, and was instantly accused of "soliciting answers" He has now been quietly dissuaded. They take their quotation-tracking very seriously in Nemo-land. So I will say not a word about my deep delight in identifying just four out of the 72 little passages, nor will I offer my undying gratitude to anyone who can tell me where the lines, "It was the time of roses/ We pluck'd them as we pass'd!" come from Nemo costs just £2. Send it to Mr Benson at 46 Ashwell Road, Manningham, Bradford BD8 9DU, and prepare to be tantalised beyond endurance.Healthy Hallowe'enA Middlesex reader wrote to The Independent after Hallowe'en, complaining that she'd had an egg thrown at her in the street by some nasty girls, after she failed to hand over "trick or treat" cash. I must say I'm surprised that trick-or-treating in her part of the metropolis has gone so far downhill In leafy south London, it's all gone frightfully posh. My friend Vicky told me about two earnest 12-year-old youths who rang her doorbell in Clapham and said "Trick or treat?" "Here you are," she said, giving them a Snickers bar each "Actually," said the first boy, "we don't eat chocolate. Have you got any fruit?" Dazed, she handed over a brace of apples The boys inspected them gravely.

"I was sure," she said, "that one of them was going to say 'This is organic, I hope'..." More from John Walsh. Overfishing is degrading the seas and coasts around the UK, a report on the maritime environment claims today. For every kilogram of sole caught in the North Sea by beam trawlers (which churn up the seabed), up to 14kg of other seabed animals are killed. If there is no relief from the pressure the marine ecosystem might not recover.An "ecosystem-based" approach, guarding the intertwining fates of all marine organisms, is now necessary to repair the damage.The warning comes hot on the heels of the call from European fisheries scientists to shut down the North Sea cod fishery completely, in a final attempt to allow collapsing stocks of cod, haddock and other whitefish to recover.That advice two weeks ago was given from a fisheries point of view. The significance of the new report is its all- embracing environmental picture.

But its severest strictures are reserved for the fishing industry, and it is eloquent in detailing the onslaught on marine life from intensive fishing, decade after decade.Plaice caught now are a quarter of the size they were in 1902, the report says. The average size of a cod has gone from 100cm (40in) to less than 40cm over the same period, and the average size of any fish caught in the English Channel has declined by 15 per cent.The report says: "Most of the large and old fish have been removed from the natural population. Fishing has taken so many fish out of the seas that the basic structure of marine food chains has altered and is degrading."Fishing activities over sandy seabeds has resulted in dramatic changes to their species composition. Over the past century, there was a decline in virtually all bivalve molluscs that live in the sediment."Fish stocks of many important species are at historically low levels and, in most instances outside safe biological limits.Fishing effort remains above levels which will allow stocks and hence the environment to recover."The only answer, the report says, is to cut back on fishing. "The European fishing fleet is too large and catches too many fish. The amount caught must be reduced to bring fishing effort in line with resources.. Darkie Smith has had his licence revoked by the British Boxing Board of Control after causing his son Stephen to be disqualified against Ricky Hatton in September.