fishing japh

[Len]

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
    $sea          =
q          <         _ _ _
                ,="`/ / /'=.
  O            / / / / / / /\,
        O     /_/_/_/_/ / /,^'      _.=//
     o     .-' - _ - _ -`"-,/-/\  /`_,=.'
   o      / -_ - _ -,_ - _ -\/.\|/_,=`^'
     o   / @    _'"`} _- _- ,\.='_. ^",
        /     -'_-'} - _  - _ -=--_'=;
        \-,   "=._}          ;._--_-_;
%        `-._     .~        /;' \ `"=.;
sea          `"\`;-.}_ _ _.;\ \/ \'=._\
=('`'           \ =.}\ \ \ \ \'   '._=_.\
,10,'='          \_}`=._\_\.'`       '=.\
,5,'\\\'x4,4                                  ,_,3,'
".',2,'/}',1,'                               -',-1,'
|',-2,';',-4,'~',-9);map{$sea=ord'a';map{$.=$_;map{$
sea+=$sea{$_}if$.=~/[$_]/}keys%sea;$,.=$"if/\^/}spli
t//;$,.=chr$sea;die"$,$/"if/~/;}split/[,']/,$sea>;$_
=$sea;s;[^%]+%;%;s;s;\s+[`\\].*|\s+;;g;eval;print$@;

Credits go to jgs for the original drawing of the fish were this code is based on.

update: Changed $; into $, which is undefined by default.
As John M. Dlugosz mentioned on W2K $; is displayed as ascii 192.

[John M. Dlugosz]

What is the "\x1C" for at the beginning of the output?