FishWise and Save Our Shores to Host THE END OF THE LINE Screening in Santa Cruz

FishWise and Save Our Shores will host a screening of THE END OF THE LINE on December 16^th at the Rio Theater in Santa Cruz. Tickets are $3 at the door. This film is the first major documentary to address the global problem of overfishing.

A panel following the film will focus on solutions to the global overfishing problem. Please come and show your support for local NGOs, local fisherman, and our oceans as we discuss sustainable solutions to this problem.

Please see our Facebook Event page for more information. To learn more about the film, see the THE END OF THE LINE website.

Synopsis

Debuting at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and playing in hundreds of cinemas, aquariums, and universities across the US and the United Kingdom, Rupert Murray's THE END OF THE LINE is nothing short of the inconvenient truth about the devastating effect of overfishing on the world's ecosystems. The first major documentary to reveal the extent of the crisis facing today's oceans, THE END OF THE LINE challenges us to imagine a world without fish...period.

The New York Times calls it "vital", "well-researched," and "evenhanded ": a film "that subverts our ancient faith in the ocean as an inexhaustible resource, offering a persuasive case that the major species of edible fish are headed for extinction."

Filmed over two years, the documentary follows the indefatigable investigative reporter Charles Clover as he confronts the politicians and celebrity restaurateurs who exhibit little regard for the damage their policies-and their menus-are doing to the oceans. Taking us from the cod-depleted shores of the Atlantic to the Straits of Gibraltar and the coasts of Senegal, and on to the Tokyo fish market, THE END OF THE LINE sounds a powerful wake-up call to the world: If we continue fishing as we are now, we will see the end of most seafood by 2048.