The End of the Line

About the Project

Imagine an ocean without fish. Imagine your meals without seafood. Imagine the global consequences. This is the future if we do not stop, think and act.

The End of the Line, the first major feature documentary film revealing the impact of overfishing on our oceans, 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.

Filmed over two years, The End of the Line follows the investigative reporter Charles Clover as he confronts politicians and celebrity restaurateurs, who exhibit little regard for the damage they are doing to the oceans.

One of his allies is the former tuna farmer turned whistleblower Roberto Mielgo - on the trail of those destroying the world's magnificent bluefin tuna population.

Filmed across the world - from the Straits of Gibraltar to the coasts of Senegal and Alaska to the Tokyo fish market - featuring top scientists, indigenous fishermen and fisheries enforcement officials, The End of the Line is a wake-up call to the world.

The target audiences for the film are broad - those interested in the health of the oceans - sports fishermen, divers, surfers, socially conscious consumers, those interested in the environment and the oceans. As part of the film's plan to encourage people to action, the website has a special section in which people can claim their share of the ocean and will soon have a moderated user-generated content guide to restaurants.

The Fledgling Fund Impact

The Fledgling Fund is excited to support The End of The Line because we believe the film exposes how we are not only not helping to solve the problem of fish extinction, but actually contributing to it with our diets. The solutions to this challenge are immediately apparent in the film and we are confident that it will inspire viewers to think twice about what they eat and to start asking questions about their food's origins.