THERE ARE NOT PLENTY OF FISH IN THE SEA ANY MORE

I have been to see the film 'End of the Line' today, it's very shocking so I would like to ask everyone to watch the following videos and have a think about the problem.

http://www.babelgum.com/3020264/the-end-the-line-episode-1-the-biggest-problem-youve-never-heard-of.html

http://www.babelgum.com/3020495/the-end-the-line-episode-2-the-european-union.html

http://www.babelgum.com/3021384/the-end-the-line-episode-3-heroes-and-villains.html

http://www.babelgum.com/3021616/the-end-the-line-episode-4-let-our-oceans-rest-peace.html

http://www.babelgum.com/3021926/the-end-the-line-episode-5-the-power-consumers.html

http://www.babelgum.com/3023399/the-end-the-line-episode-6-the-future-fish.html

It is a real problem, it isn't a worst case scenario, it's realistic. By 2048 we could well have fished out the sea of all known edible species, the date is rather irrelevant however, everyone expert agrees that the level of marine exploitation is unsustainable and Canada has already seen the results of overfishing when the Cod fisheries collapsed due to a lack of fish.

It is however worth saying that we have some strange friends when trying to prevent overfishing, Walmart, McDonalds and G.W. Bush among them. Waitroes is highly supportive of the campaign and only sells MCS fish. On the other hand Princes owned by Mitsiubish and they are reportedly stockpiling frozen Blue Fin Tuna to sell once it has been fished to extinction by their own boats.

Whenever buying fish, whether over the counter or in a restaurant, please ask if it is MSC certified and please check it is not on the IUCN Red List as many endangered species of fish are being caught and sold including Cod and Swordfish. It is also worth wile checking a Pocket Guide whenever buying fish, the MSC one is available below.

http://www.fishonline.org/information/MCSPocket_Good_Fish_Guide.pdf