In the past it was the fishing communities that reaped in al the benefits of fishing but today its moved away from the little man and it’s those that have the money to afford to buy the boats and the factory’s control fishing. In South Africa it is company’s like I&J that have the monopoly in the fishing world as they have huge fleets of fishing boats and its becoming harder and harder for local fishermen to catch fresh fish and enough of it to financially support their family’s and communities. Today the east (China and Japan) is the biggest members in over fishing; they don’t only fish in their own waters but all over the world. They have managed to do this by going to third world countries governments and giving them financial support to get fishing rights in their waters. They then go and strip the area dry of any marina animals that lived there, this causes major problems that are not only environmentally bad. This is found in West Africa a lot.
An unlikely player in fishing is a company called Mitsubishi, this is an automotive company that buys 60% of the blue fin tuna that is caught in the ocean, and they say it’s a great investment. I feel that this could be the films director’s view on framing as they put a lot of the blame on the East but it is up to the world to make a change. The blame could just as easily be looked at the countries that are selling their fishing space to the East to make a quick buck.
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