End of the Line Premier in Male'

The End of the Line is a powerful, award winning documentary about one of the world's most disturbing problems - over-fishing. “Overfishing was recognised as one of the world's greatest and most immediate environmental problems in 2002, when it was first demonstrated that global catches of wild fish had peaked around 1989 and have since been in decline” says Charles Clover, author of the End of the Line.  Globally, some 75 per cent of wild marine fish are now said to be either fully-exploited or overfished, according to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (UN FAO). That means these species require conservation and management in order to survive in their present numbers - which they rarely receive.

As the UK’s The Times newspaper commented, “The End of the Line should do for our oceans what An Inconvenient Truth did for climate change – that is, stamp the issue into the public consciousness and shame governments around the world into at least talking about doing something”. 

Sonu Shivdasani, founder of Six Senses Resorts organised a screening of this emotive documentary “The End of the Line” in one of the most appropriate places in the world, Male’. He was joined Vice President Mohamed Waheed and the film’s Executive Producer, Chris Gorell-Barnes. It was the first time “The End of the Line” has ever been screened in South Asia.  The audience included dignitaries, members of the tourism industry and members of the fishing industry, who applauded at the end of the screening. 

Can you imagine a world without fish?

 

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