Newsletter Home     Industry Bite     Wild Watch     Featured Articles     Featured Recipe     Order Materials Alaska's fisheries management practices offer message of hope in documentary A British film crew working on a movie based on the novel "The End of the Line " began filming in Alaska in August. The film will document well-managed vs. not-so-well managed fisheries across the globe. According to Ken Hansen, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration assistant special agent in charge, the documentary "looks at failures around the world of fishing and regulatory programs and over-fishing in general and the demise of the ocean. " The film crew traveled to Alaska to illustrate that there is hope for our oceans and this proof lies in the well-managed, thoughtful, precautionary approach to fisheries management to which Alaska is so dedicated. Hansen continues, "It is a feather in Alaska/Kodiak's cap as far as recognizing the whole process of fish management from the Council perspective, industry, government and enforcement. " The film is scheduled for release in 2008. Source: Seafood.com, October 26, 2007