The End of the Line

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Release Date: July 17, 2009 (limited)

On DVD/VOD: October 13, 2009

1h 30m | Documentary

Imagine an ocean without fish. Imagine your meals without seafood. Imagine the global consequences. This is the future if we do not stop, think and act. Filmed over two years, The End of the Line follows investigative reporter Charles Clover as he confronts politicians and celebrity restaurateurs, who exhibit little regard for the damage they are doing to the oceans.

Scientists predict that if we continue fishing as we are now, we will see the end of most seafood by 2048. There are solutions that are simple and doable, but political will and activism are crucial to solve this international problem. 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. We can fix this problem starting right now.