The End of the Line

6.3
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 86 min
  • Premiere: 2009. June 12.

Examines the devastating effect that overfishing has had on the world's fish populations and argues that drastic action must be taken to reverse these trends. Examines the imminent extinction of bluefin tuna, brought on by increasing western demand for sushi; the impact on marine life resulting in huge overpopulation of jellyfish; and the profound implications of a future world with no fish that would bring certain mass starvation.

Discover

Ted Danson

Narrator (voice)

Ben Bradshaw

Self - UK Fisheries Minister 2003-2007

Roberto Mielgo Bragazzi

Self - Former Tuna Farmer

Charles Clover

Self - Author, "The End of the Line"

John Crosbie

Self - Fisheries Minister, Canada (archive footage)

Haidar El Ali

Self - Diver, Senegal

Ray Hilborn

Self - University of Washington

Jeffrey Hutchings

Self - Dalhousie University, Canada

Mélanie Laurent

Narrator for France (voice)

Manolo Pacheco Luis

Self - Fisherman, Straits of Gibraltar

Patricia Majluf

Self - Cayetano Heredia University, Peru

John T. Maxwell

Self - American Television Chef (archive footage)

Adama Mbergaul

Self - Fisherman, Senegal

Hardy Mckinney

Self - Fisherman, South Andros, Bahamas

Masanori Miyahara

Self - Fisheries Agency of Japan

Matthew Moir

Self - North Pacific Seafoods, Alaska

Brian Mulroney

Self - Canadian Prime Minister 1984-1993 (archive footage)

Richie Nota

Self - Managing Partner, Nobu Restaurants

Jamie Oliver

Self - British Chef (archive footage)

Stephen R. Palumbi

Self - Stanford University

Daniel Pauly

Self - University of British Columbia

Pete Petersen

Self - University of North Carolina

Callum Roberts

Self - York University, UK

Yvonne Sadovy

Self - University of Hong Kong

Ted Stevens

Self - Senator, Alaska (archive footage)

Rashid Sumaila

Self - University of British Columbia

Serge Tudela

Self - Bluefin Tuna Expert World Wildlife Foundation

Boris Worm

Self - Dalhousie University Canada

Camera

Rupert Murray

Director of Photography

David Groundwater

Underwater Camera

Kashfi Halford

Additional Camera

Owen Scurfield

Additional Camera

Greg Jacobsen

Additional Camera

John McIntyre

Underwater Camera

Crew

John Shepherd

Scientific Consultant

Charles Clover

Scientific Consultant

Kate George

Post-Production Manager

Directing

Rupert Murray

Director

Editing

Tim Waller

Colorist

Mark Neale

Assistant Editor

Justin Eely

Online Editor

Jacqui Edwards

Archival Footage Research

Alex Archer

Additional Editing

Production

Erica Knie

Executive Producer

Jess Search

Executive Producer

Sandra Leeming

Line Producer

Ted Waitt

Executive Producer

Christopher Hird

Executive Producer

Claire Lewis

Producer

Alexis Zoullas

Executive Producer

Chris Gorell Barnes

Executive Producer

Donald Rosenfeld

Co-Executive Producer

Olly Williams

Associate Producer

Norman Clarke

Production Accountant

Joanne Kneafsey

Production Manager

Sam Brookman

Production Coordinator

Jenny Williams

Production Coordinator

Ana Garcia

Researcher

Paula Nightingale

Production Assistant

Jenny Williams

Researcher

Tim Riding

Production Manager

Sound

Srdjan Kurpjel

Original Music Composer

Marios Takoushis

Original Music Composer

Claire Ellis

Dialogue Editor

George Foulgham

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Lisa-Marie McStay

Sound Designer

Writing

Camera

Rupert Murray

Director of Photography

David Groundwater

Underwater Camera

Kashfi Halford

Additional Camera

Owen Scurfield

Additional Camera

Greg Jacobsen

Additional Camera

John McIntyre

Underwater Camera

Crew

John Shepherd

Scientific Consultant

Charles Clover

Scientific Consultant

Kate George

Post-Production Manager

Directing

Rupert Murray

Director

Editing

Tim Waller

Colorist

Mark Neale

Assistant Editor

Justin Eely

Online Editor

Jacqui Edwards

Archival Footage Research

Alex Archer

Additional Editing

Production

Erica Knie

Executive Producer

Jess Search

Executive Producer

Sandra Leeming

Line Producer

Ted Waitt

Executive Producer

Christopher Hird

Executive Producer

Claire Lewis

Producer

Alexis Zoullas

Executive Producer

Chris Gorell Barnes

Executive Producer

Donald Rosenfeld

Co-Executive Producer

Olly Williams

Associate Producer

Norman Clarke

Production Accountant

Joanne Kneafsey

Production Manager

Sam Brookman

Production Coordinator

Jenny Williams

Production Coordinator

Ana Garcia

Researcher

Paula Nightingale

Production Assistant

Jenny Williams

Researcher

Tim Riding

Production Manager

Sound

Srdjan Kurpjel

Original Music Composer

Marios Takoushis

Original Music Composer

Claire Ellis

Dialogue Editor

George Foulgham

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Lisa-Marie McStay

Sound Designer

Writing