http://endoftheline.com/blog Imagine a world without fish Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:56:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Our screening in Valletta, Malta, and the Q&A afterwards was the closest we’ve come to a riot.  I had a fairly good idea of what was ahead when we walked down the aisle in the dark and the back two rows were full of people on their blackberries, not watching the ... http://endoftheline.com/blog/archives/1184 Ellen DeGeneres the Stand-up Comedienne, TV Hostess and the voice of Dory the Regal Blue Tang in Disney-Pixar animated film 'Finding Nemo' has chosen 'The End of the Line' as one of the films she loves.  Have a look at the link featured on her talk show website http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2010/02/films_ellen_loves_0210.php http://endoftheline.com/blog/archives/1177 On February 23rd The End of the Line screened in Australia’s Parliament house in Canberra.  In a very rare moment for Parliament, the event was co-hosted by three MP’s from all sides of the political divide - Liberal Mal Washer, Labor MP Melissa Parke and Greens Senator Rachel Siewert - ... http://endoftheline.com/blog/archives/1173 From the Seafood Summit in Paris last week, where we were all agog for news of a shift in the French position on bluefin which only happened after we left, I flew to New York for a screening of The End of the Line at the UN General Assembly, organised ... http://endoftheline.com/blog/archives/1161 The Spanish version of The End of the Line, the first major feature documentary film revealing the impact of overfishing on our oceans, was launched by MarViva Foundation, Oceana Europe and renowned singer Miguel Bose in Madrid on 3rd February. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="555" caption="MarViva Founder and President, Erica Knie, speaks ... http://endoftheline.com/blog/archives/1152 New York A worldwide ban on the trade in the endangered bluefin tuna has moved a step closer after France pledged its support. [caption id="Bluefin tuna for sale at a fish market in Japan" align="aligncenter" width="448" caption="Bluefin tuna for sale at a fish market in Japan"][/caption] In a significant move the French said ... http://endoftheline.com/blog/archives/1136 At last, France has officially announced support for an international trade ban on Atlantic bluefin. This is great news. It means that 23 out of the 27 EU countries now support the species being protected by CITES (the organisation which regulates trade in endangered species). It also means there is no ... http://endoftheline.com/blog/archives/1143 A crucial vote on whether Europe will back a trade ban on the critically-endangered bluefin tuna is expected to be taken on Tuesday. In advance of the event, the makers of the film The End of the Line, which focuses on the over-fishing of the bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean, have ... http://endoftheline.com/blog/archives/1123 Copenhagen As I dashed through the snow from the chaos around the COP15 climate conference to a screening of The End of the Line near the Town Hall in this lovely city, the phone went and I learned that European Ministers have done the right thing, arguably for the first time, ... http://endoftheline.com/blog/archives/1119 Bluefin tuna - sometimes you just can't believe how absurd the story gets. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="430" caption="Raul Romeva i Rueda and Charles Clover at ICCAT"][/caption] News from WWF and a Green MEP show that over an eight-year period the EU bluefin tuna fishing industry received subsidies totalling €34.5m. Yes folks, your tax ... http://endoftheline.com/blog/archives/1101 As ICCAT souvenirs, delegates will be packing their bags in Recife with a delightful polo shirt emblazoned with 'ICCAT' and a bluefin tuna, and a pair of flip-flops in Brazilian colours. Somehow this is quite fitting. The meeting has just come to a close, and the rushed final sessions have agreed as ... http://endoftheline.com/blog/archives/1096 Let’s be absolutely clear. The people whose task it is to manage the bluefin tuna stocks of the Atlantic have failed once again, even under the eyes of the world, to take the advice of their own scientists. They should now be brushed aside. The Atlantic tuna commission, meeting in ... http://endoftheline.com/blog/archives/1092 So, here in Brazil, the game is on. At the end of yesterday’s session the parties around the table at the ICCAT meeting were asked what their priorities were for conserving bluefin tuna. One by one they made positive murmurings about wanting to 'follow the scientific recommendations', and enforce compliance with ... http://endoftheline.com/blog/archives/1088 The End of the Line was shown in remarkable circumstances this week – in the official convention hall of a hotel near Recife, Brazil, where the world's oldest whole-ocean fisheries management organisation was meeting to set controversial catch limits for the Atlantic’s dwindling populations of tuna, swordfish and sharks.[caption id="" ... http://endoftheline.com/blog/archives/1082 Scientists say the population of Atlantic bluefin tuna has crashed so low that an immediate ban on international trade in the species is justified. Scientists from the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) said that spawning stocks of bluefin have fallen below 15 per cent of what they ... http://endoftheline.com/blog/archives/1074