The ocean's dying and your dinner plate is the murder weapon. Hungry yet?
Examines the global fisheries crisis and the forces pushing many marine fish stocks toward commercial extinction. Documents some promising and innovative efforts to restore fisheries and protect essential fish habitat. Examines new market initiatives giving consumers a powerful vote in deciding how our oceans are fished. Commentary is provided by fishermen and by many of the world's most respected marine and fisheries scientists.
Direction
Steve Cowan lets devastated fishermen do the emotional heavy lifting.
Writing
Peter Coyote's narration: warm voice, ice-cold facts.
Director
Steve Cowan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Peter Coyote narrated so many nature docs he became the unofficial voice of American ecological anxiety.
This dropped right before the 2002 global seafood consumption boom — its warnings were ignored so hard it hurts.
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