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Is it the end of fish? Dr. Daniel Pauly says it is. Interviews: Dr. Jennifer Jacquet, Sea Around Us on fish to pigs & chickens. Catherine Stewart,"Living Oceans Society, on perils of fish-farming. Quotes from Daniel Pauly. All ocean call for action.
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Music: "Fisherman's Son" by the Rankins; "Fisherman's Blues" The Waterboys. Credit "End of Fish" The New Republic.
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Includes clips from Dr. Pauly speech to Vancouver Institute, and from event "Lament for a Nation's Oceans".
Plus 2 interviews.
Is "consumer choice" enough? 36 Percent of ocean catch fed to pigs, chickens, and salmon in pens. Activism to reach supermarkets and restaurants.
Update on aquaculture around the world, from Norway to Chile to Canada. Why it kills wild stock, and poisons the environment.
The frustration of scientists who came to study sea life, but now chronicle disappearing species and dying oceans. One of the under-reported environment (and food!) stories of the year.
