{"id":30189,"date":"2011-04-14T11:44:33","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T15:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/30189\/line-imagine-world-fish\/"},"modified":"2011-04-14T11:44:33","modified_gmt":"2011-04-14T15:44:33","slug":"line-imagine-world-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/30189\/line-imagine-world-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"The End of the Line ~~ Imagine a world without fish"},"content":{"rendered":"

The End of the Line ~~ Imagine a world without fish<\/p>\n

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The powerful film The End of the Line uses brilliant underwater footage, sweeping cinematography and interviews with world leading scientists, activists and fishermen to tell the story of the devastating impacts of overfishing on our oceans and the simple solutions to the problem.<\/p>\n

The ultimate power of \u2018The End of the Line\u2019 is that it moves beyond doomsday rhetoric to proffer real solutions. Chillingly topical, \u2018The End of the Line\u2019 drives home the message: the clock is ticking, and the time to act is now.<\/p>\n

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The End of the Line, the first major feature documentary film revealing the impact of overfishing on our oceans, had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Documentary Competition. Sundance took place in Park City, Utah, January 15 – 25, 2009.<\/p>\n

In the film we see firsthand the effects of our global love affair with fish as food.<\/p>\n

It examines the imminent extinction of bluefin tuna, brought on by increasing western demand for sushi; the impact on marine life resulting in huge overpopulation of jellyfish; and the profound implications of a future world with no fish that would bring certain mass starvation.<\/p>\n

The Vulnerable Bluefin Tuna<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Filmed over two years, The End of the Line follows the investigative reporter Charles Clover as he confronts politicians and celebrity restaurateurs, who exhibit little regard for the damage they are doing to the oceans.<\/p>\n

One of his allies is the former tuna farmer turned whistleblower Roberto Mielgo \u2013 on the trail of those destroying the world’s magnificent bluefin tuna population.<\/p>\n

Killing Bluefin Tuna<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Filmed across the world \u2013 from the Straits of Gibraltar to the coasts of Senegal and Alaska to the Tokyo fish market \u2013 featuring top scientists, indigenous fishermen and fisheries enforcement officials, The End of the Line is a wake-up call to the world.<\/p>\n

THE END OF SEAFOOD BY 2048<\/h3>\n

Scientists predict that if we continue fishing as we are now, we will see the end of most seafood by 2048.<\/p>\n

The End of the Line chronicles how demand for cod off the coast of Newfoundland in the early 1990s led to the decimation of the most abundant cod population in the world, how hi – tech fishing vessels leave no escape routes for fish populations and how farmed fish as a solution is a myth.<\/p>\n

The film lays the responsibility squarely on consumers who innocently buy endangered fish, politicians who ignore the advice and pleas of scientists, fishermen who break quotas and fish illegally, and the global fishing industry that is slow to react to an impending disaster.<\/p>\n

The End of the Line points to solutions that are simple and doable, but political will and activism are crucial to solve this international problem.<\/p>\n

We need to control fishing by reducing the number of fishing boats across the world, protect large areas of the ocean through a network of marine reserves off limits to fishing, and educate consumers that they have a choice by purchasing fish from independently certified sustainable fisheries.<\/p>\n

Marine Reserves<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Fish Farming<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The film has received financial support from: <\/p>\n

The Waitt Family Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n

Marviva<\/a><\/p>\n

The Oak Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n

Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n

WWF<\/a><\/p>\n

The Weston Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n

The Marine Conservation Society<\/a><\/p>\n

AD Charitable Trust<\/a><\/p>\n

GD Charitable Trust<\/a><\/p>\n

Waterloo Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n

Oceana<\/a><\/p>\n

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Question and Answer 1<\/h3>\n

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Question and Answer 2<\/h3>\n

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Question and Answer 3<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n

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Question and Answer 4<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n

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