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As already stated, any mod manager worth its salt will require that ESPs be loaded after ESMs. ALWAYS.
However, why not just convert the ESP to an ESM? That way, it could be loaded before TR without issue.
*UPDATE: That idea didn't work.
Apparently you can convert plug-ins quite easily in Wrye Mash, which I actually use; I've just never tried that particular feature (never had cause).
I'm curious now... Tomorrow, if I have time, I'll download the updated version of this mod, set up a test profile and run some experiments....
I'll let you know how it goes. Bear in mind, I'm definitely NOT a mod author, or anything, but all the stuff I've actually learned about installing mods over the years, I acquired through messing around. So, worth a shot, I suppose.
I was able to create the ESM in Wrye Mash without a problem, the resulting mod installed smoothly into my game, and everything booted up without incident. I placed the ESM just before Tamriel Rebuilt in my load order. My test character is an Argonian, and I spotted several of your fish while diving around the waters of Seyda Neen. I started the character around the Boethia area of TR, and did not observe any Land Tearing. However, Morrowind is a huge game, and TR is even bigger... So, can you give me some sense of where I should be checking for land tears?
Also, I'm PMing you a link to the archive I made, so you'll be able to test it as well.
Additionally, bear in mind that I repacked the files slightly to make it Wrye Mash-friendly... you may need to adjust them back to make it work for you.
I wanted a more lightweight water life mod, and yours fit the bill, but given the issue of not being able to place ESP files before ESM files in my manager, it wasn't workable.
What I can tell you is that in MGE XE, when using Wrye Mash, you can adjust the load order of ESM files with other ESM files, but ESP files ALWAYS follow ESM files, and CANNOT be loaded before them. I'm fairly certain MO2 works the same way; I can't comment on Vortex though, since I've never really used it.
Another EDIT, you should probably clean the file I sent, which I forgot to do. I just did so in my own load order, and TES3 CMD had to do some work.
I've had the chance to do some more testing. So far, I haven't observed any land mass conflicts and your sea creatures/fish are definitely there. However, what I have noticed is that the fish companion issue appears to be present. While it's sort of amusing to see fish following my Argonian test character across dry land... it's not exactly immersive...
EDIT:
Apparently I'm blind.... I somehow failed to see the "companion" fix you had posted. So I downloaded that esp, and via the same process, converted it to an esm, grabbed the asset files from your original mod, and packed it all into an archive. I also remembered to clean it this time. So far, it all seems to be working very well.... the sea creatures are present, there are no land tears (that I've seen), and no fish are following me.
Out of curiosity, why wouldn't it work for MGE XE? Does it have something to do with the way OpenMW deals with load order?
EDIT - done! And sure, may as well post it, just in case somebody comes along and wants the file after seeing this convo. Also, when you post the file, please add a warning that it hasn't been fully tested. We're talking about a massive game here, and there's only one of me.
Regardless, cheers for adding my ESM; if it helps out even just one person, I'll be happy. Also, thank you very much for making this mod; I've always loved Abot's Water Life, but this time (especially given that I have some 400 mods in my load order), I wanted something that was a little more lightweight!
Cheers