The End of the Line

If you missed “The End of the Line” on More4 yesterday, there’s good
news. It’s available on 4oD for 30 days at:

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-end-of-the-line/4od#3006316

What Greenpeace say about it:

Missed it in cinemas? Here’s your chance to see the film that changed the way people think about what’s on their dinner plate. It’s a compelling story, brilliantly told, and you need to see it if you haven’t already.

Marine Reserves campaign team member, Malcolm Hunter, draws our attention to the most recent post on Richard Black’s blog on the BBC website.  It not only highlights the damage being done to deep water fish stocks and ecosystems, by unsustainable fishing, it also shows the UN in a pretty poor
light too:

Fish report hits bottom note

The Big Issue in the North published in its edition at the end of July an article about the troubled state of UK seas and the need for the UK Marine Bill to seriously address these matters. This article can be found on the Marinet website.
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Marine Reserves campaigner Haris Livas-Dawes calls for marine reserves in the Hull Daily Mail of 21st July:

A recent correspondent complained about the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy, and I certainly agree it is a disaster. Like the Common Agricultural Policy, also a disaster, it is devised by politicians who ignore science. What that correspondent failed to mention is that a bill to improve the character of British seas, including our North Sea, is making its way though parliament, just having exited the House of Lords and moved to the Commons.
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