Quote: "It is a rare book that changes one's life, even in a small way.
But I am going to stop buying or eating - from this day forth
- Atlantic cod, halibut, sea bass, bluefin tuna, hake and scallops." -
by Andrew Marr, The Daily Telegraph - End quote
ATLANTIC
COD(Gadus
morhua)
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public domain
because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taken or made
during the course of an employee's official
duties.
HOW OVERFISHING IS CHANGING THE WORLD AND WHAT WE EAT
By Charles Clover - book
From
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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. The book concludes with
suggestions on how the nations of the world could engage in
sustainable ocean fishing.
The
End of the Line
Trailer
The
End of the Line is a powerful film about one of the world's most
disturbing problems - over-fishing. Advances in fishing technology
mean whole species of wild fish are under threat and the
most...
