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The end of the line??

August 25th 2011 20:18
Admittedly, the question marks were added by yours truly. Discounting this liberty, The End of the Line is a film which takes a sobering look at the effects of overfishing and offers solutions that may save our population.

The Rupert Murray film, based on British environmental journalist Charles Clover's book, shows the devastating effects that overfishing with modern technology is having on our oceans by using both under and above-water footage to show we are taking fish from the ocean faster than they can be replaced.

Although there is a definite bias, the documentary can still be a wake up call to problems people may not be aware of. For instance, according to the film, 50% of the cod harvested annually is illegal, how fish supplies can be down while national catches are up, and problems caused by trolling nets are observed.


As vast as the world's oceans are, it's hard to imagine we are slowly depleting fish supplies. Yet, in 90 sobering minutes the travesty of Man can be observed.

endoftheline.com




Remember to take the hooks outta yer pocket before ya sit down!




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Photograph your trophy

January 3rd 2008 04:52
I've mentioned catch and release in passing before. What happens if you get that once in a life time catch and want to show it off? In the past, when you got that "trophy catch," you had to choose between throwing it back and keeping it. You could get a trophy but it was pretty well the end of the line for the fish. Now days, you can get your trophy and the fish gets to live to be caught again.

All you need to do is take a series of photographs of your catch and a life like replica suitable for mounting can be made. Todays reproductions are far superior to what was available just a few years ago. In fact, the technology available today can create trophies that are so life like that they rival anything in nature and certainly look better than anything found in fishing lodges when you were a kid.


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