Where's the catch? Pacific fishing in crisis
Description
Plenty of fish in the sea may endure as a platitude, but the expression runs afoul of current marine biology. This program examines the dangerous depletion of Pacific Ocean fish stocks, an echo of the overfishing that has ravaged the Atlantic. Contrasting the tuna industries of wealthy countries with the localized fishing many developing nations engage in, the video features case studies of the socioeconomic impact of overfishing on Fiji, Kiribati, and the Marshall Islands, and analyzes political systems that enable harmful and often illegal fishing to continue. Activist and pro-regulatory groups that confront these problems are profiled with a tentative optimism.
Runtime
26 min
Subjects
- Ocean life (11)
- Human geography (324)
- Marine biology (129)
- Food supply (151)
- Land use (186)
- Marine ecology (77)
- Marine organisms (77)
- Food (360)
- International business enterprises (261)
- Food handling (80)
- Water (318)
- Economic geography (159)
- Food security (55)
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2006], c2005
Database
Films on Demand
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