Originally Posted By: bait dunker
Here's a link to their partner organizations like Greenpeace and WWF http://endoftheline.com/campaign/organisations/

"If the biological diversity of the oceans is to be maintained or restored, large areas must be protected altogether from the commercial fishing industry and responsible fishing must prevail outside those areas."

Sure sounds like large marine reserves to me, but form your own opinion.


BD:

You may well be right, but it seems as though the above statement speaks directly to commercial fishing and makes no mention of sportfishing (which would also be prohibited in marine reserves, as I understand it). I haven't seen the film, but the trailer seems to suggest that it is largely focused on commercial fishing (I didn't see one fish coming in on a rod and reel). Granted, none of this means that sportfishing wouldn't be affected by decisions to halt commercial fishing in large areas, but recreational fishing does not seem to be targeted by anything we have seen in the context of this thread.

At first glance (yes, I need to watch the film before solidifying my opinion), this looks like the sort of propoganda we sportfishers, who are constantly bemoaning how commercial fishing squelches our opportunities, should be happy to see.