Summary
On World Oceans Day, a new film claims there will be no fish left in the seas by 2050. Roger Cox finds out what the Scottish fishing industry thinks of this dire prediction
RUPERT Murray's new film The End of the Line makes for sobering viewing. Based on the book of the same name by British journalist Charles Clover, it claims that unless urgent action is taken to reduce the size of the world's fishing fleet, there could be no more fish in the sea by 2050. Amid scenes of giant supertrawlers wreaking havoc on already barren-looking seabeds and thrashing bluefin tuna being hacked at with fish hooks, scientists queue up to make dramatic statements and dire predictions.See the full content of this document
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Trawling for Hope
"The amount of fishing power that we have at our command today far outweighs our ability to control ourselves," says Professor Callum Roberts of the University of York.
"We are fighting a war against fish," says Dr Daniel Pauly of the University of British Columbia, "and we are winning."The film ends with the appeal: "Tell politicians: respect the science, cut the fishing fleet." But should that be the rallying cry of environmentalists here in Scotland? After the extensive decommission...See the full content of this document
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