Jun 22 2009
The End of the Line — Ethicurean Review
I dig the Ethicurean; it’s a great blog with a lot of things to say about what we eat and how we eat it. So, I was happy to see them review the new film, The End of the Line, which is about commercial fishing and ocean depletion. A few highlights:
None of these recommendations will come as a surprise if you’ve seen the film — or read about the issue recently — and they’re all worthwhile. But I left “The End of the Line” with a feeling not unlike the one I had at the end of “An Inconvenient Truth,” when I was told that riding my bike more often and switching to compact florescent light bulbs would somehow keep the glaciers from melting like butter.
A full 90 percent of the big fish are gone, the movie reminds us. Three-quarters of the world’s fisheries are now said to be either fully exploited or over-fished. The shift to aquaculture hasn’t ultimately meant less demand for wild seafood, but often more demand, in the form of feed for carnivorous fish. Eating fish from the remaining 7% of the ocean that has been certified sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council is undoubtedly a step in the right direction. But how on earth, I wondered, can that be good enough?
Go read the rest of the review here. Good stuff, and I can’t wait to see the film.
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