Movies | June 08, 2009 | 11 comments

The End of the Line: Plenty of fish in the sea?

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjGjEogAze8&feature=player_embedded

JanforGore
The End of the Line, directed by Rupert Murray, on release from 8 June

"BEAUTIFUL" and "vast" are words that come to mind when thinking of the world's oceans. "Inexhaustible" is another, which might explain why we think it is fine to plunder them for our dinner plates.

The End of the Line is a powerful wake-up call for anyone who heads straight to the menu's fish section. It documents how overfishing is decimating the oceans, and makes alarming predictions about how fish stocks might look in 30 years' time.

Adapted from the book by Charles Clover, the film opens with stunning footage of our reefs and oceans. Unusual camera angles explore fishing nets from the inside out. The film follows Clover as he asks top restaurants why they still serve critically endangered species like bluefin tuna, and speaks to industry whistleblowers about how our love of fish is driving some species to the brink of extinction.

This is investigative journalism at its best. More importantly, it is an engaging film that provokes anger and sadness in equal measure. Anger at the greed of multinational companies who seem intent on catching as many tuna as they can before stocks run out, and at the politicians who do little to stop them by setting their fishing quotas well above what scientists recommend. Sadness, too, at the loss of species, and the wasted by-catch casually tossed back into the sea.

end of excerpt

more at this link:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227112.600-the-end-of-the-line-plenty-of...
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11 comments // The End of the Line: Plenty of fish in the sea? // Video

  • ras_menelik
  • artemis6
  • SHAWN_RITTIMAN
  • kennymotown
  • Veganomica
  • ras_menelik
    • 0
      ras_menelik  

    • The irony

      free energy and unlimited clean sustainable aquaculture/fish farms go hand in hand

      after we sell all the fossils maybe Then!
      one can HOPE..............

    • 3 years ago
  • nursediesel
    • 0
      nursediesel  

    • I eat fish for only once in a while and would rather have local caught fresh water fish anyway. an their usually stocked.
      The whole media scare about eating beef and chicken for multiple reasons; combined with the push to eat more fish because it brain food..... sent the trend that direction. The the industry thrived. Everything in moderation is the best.

    • 3 years ago
  • JanforGore
    • 0
      JanforGore  

    • We still are savages.That has never changed. No amount of fancy gadgets can change that. I'm truly tired of the human race and our arrogance.

    • 3 years ago
  • ras_menelik
  • S3th
    • 0
      S3th  
    • JanforGore:

      I think the metaphor of the settlers coming to America, and screwing up the delicate balance the natives had respect for with the Earth, works well for understanding why the world is so screwed.

      Our laziness, and need for instant gratification, along side with the greed of the few trying using that against us is the real problem!

    • 3 years ago
  • ras_menelik
    • 0
      ras_menelik  

    • Humans were better custodians of Terra as blood thirsty savages than today................

      Wait!What!!

      Welcome back to the future Total savages.

    • 3 years ago
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