The End Of The Line film review
It's An Inconvenient Truth for the oceans - terrifying documentary shows us what we're doing to the seas
15 June 2009
OF ALL the disturbing things in this urgent and compelling documentary on overfishing, one stands out.
In Japan, Mitsubishi – yes, that Mitsubishi – is the dominant force in fishing bluefin tuna. They should be keeping to quotas, but no one knows they are, and they’ve just bought a new fishing fleet, so it’s anyone’s guess.
The conclusion the expert comes to? They’re stockpiling frozen bluefin for when there is no more. Then they can name their price.
"This is arguably the biggest problem in the world"
Imagine someone canning panda, and you’ll perhaps have a better handle on it.
But, then, that’s the problem with this very inconvenient truth. Time and again, all the experts featured say the same thing: the fact it’s fish, and we can’t see it happening, makes it that much easier to do.
Based on the book by Charles Clover, it may not have the gonzo charm of Super Size Me, but the ocean shots manage to be majestic and sorrowful. And the facts speak for themselves. As Clover puts it: “This is arguably the biggest problem in the world.”
It may have changed the policy of M&S and Pret, but The End Of The Line is still but a drop in the ocean.
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