The End of the Line: How Overfishing Is Changing the World and What We Eat
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| Author(s) | Charles Clover |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | Fishing, Environment |
| Genre(s) | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Ebury Press (UK) New Press (US) |
| Publication date | 2004 (UK)[1] 2006 (US)[1] |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-09-189780-7 (UK; Hardcover 1st ed.) ISBN 1-59558-109-X (US; Hardcover 1st ed.) ISBN 0-09-189781-5 (UK; 2005 rev. ed.) ISBN 0-520-25505-4 (US; 2008 reprint, 1st ed.) |
| OCLC Number | 56083896 |
The End of The Line: How Overfishing Is Changing the World And What We Eat is a book by journalist Charles Clover about overfishing. Clover, an environment editor of the Daily Telegraph (London), describes how modern fishing is destroying ocean ecosystems. He concludes that current worldwide fish consumption is unsustainable.[2] The book provides details about overfishing in many of the world's critical ocean habitats, such as the New England fishing grounds, west African coastlines, the European North Atlantic fishing grounds, and the ocean around Japan.[3] The book concludes with suggestions on how the nations of the world could engage in sustainable ocean fishing.[3]
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[edit] Reviews
University of British Columbia Professor of Fisheries Daniel Pauly, reviewing the book for the Times Higher Education Supplement, praised the book: "It is entertaining, outrageous and a must-read for anyone who cares about the sea and its denizens, or even about our supply of seafood."[4] The British newspaper The Independent called it "persuasive and desperately disturbing," "the maritime equivalent of Silent Spring...".[5]
Although widely reviewed in the United Kingdom, the book received little attention in the United States.[2] However, it was featured on the cover of National Geographic Magazine.[6]
[edit] Film adaptation
The book has been made into a documentary film of the same name in 2009.[7] End of the Line is a film based on the book. It examines the threatening extinction of the bluefin tuna, caused by increasing demand for sushi; the impact on populations, marine life and climate resulting from an imbalance in marine populations; and the starvation and hunger in coastal populations, caused by the possible extinction of fish in some waters, the possible loss of livelihoods as experienced in Newfoundland following the collapse of the cod population, along with the potential remedies.
It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Documentary Competition in Park City, Utah, January 15-25, 2009. on December 7, 2009 at 10 pm ET/PT on CBC News Network's The Passionate Eye. The powerful documentary was filmed over 2 years at locations in England, Alaska Hong, Senegal, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Nova Scotia, Malta and the Bahamas, following author, Charles Clover while he investigates those responsible for the dwindling marine population.
The film features Clover, along with tuna farmer turned whistle blower Roberto Mielgo, top scientists from around the world, indigenous fishermen and fisheries enforcement officials, who predict that seafood could potentially extinct in 2048. Labelled the Biggest Problem you’ve Never Heard of, The End of the Line illustrates the disastrous effects of overfishing, and rebukes myths of farmed fish as a solution. The film advocates consumer responsibility to purchase sustainable seafood, pleas with politicians and fishermen to acknowledge the chilling devastation of overfishing, and for no-take zones in the sea to protect marine life.
On March 3rd, 2010, REACT to FILM screened End of the Line at the SoHo House in Manhattan, NY and moderated a Q&A with producer Alexis Zoullas. [8]
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and Japanese restaurant chain Nobu have come under criticism for not taking tuna off the menu. The Economist has called The End of the Line "the inconvenient truth about the impact of overfishing on the world’s oceans”. The film was directed by Rupert Murray, Executive Produced by Christopher Hird and Chris Gorell Barnes produced by George Duffield and Claire Lewis, and narrated by Ted Danson.
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Barnett, Judith B. "Book Review: The End of the Line: How Overfishing Is Changing the World and What We Eat." Library Journal. December 1, 2006.
- ^ a b Fromartz, Samuel. "The End of the Line." Salon.com June 20, 2007.
- ^ a b "The End Of The Line: How Overfishing Is Changing the World and What We Eat." Science News. December 23, 2006.
- ^ Pauly, Daniel. "Review of 'The End of the Line: How Overfishing Is Changing the World and What We Eat'." The Times Higher Education Supplement. April 22, 2005.
- ^ Hirst, Christopher; Patterson, Christina; and Tonkin, Boyd. "Paperbacks." The Independent. February 25, 2005.
- ^ Jansen, Bart. "Fishing for Answer to Hard Questions." Maine Sunday Telegram. March 25, 2007.
- ^ Daunt, Tina. "'The End of the Line' Examines the Perils of Overfishing." Los Angeles Times. June 12, 2009; "Underwater Treasures." The Economist. January 22, 2009.
- ^ Davis, Peter. "React to film". Vogue Italia. http://www.vogue.it/en/people-are-talking-about/from-new-york/2010/03/react-to-film. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
