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  1. Leviathan (2013)

    Director
    Lucien Castaing-Taylor; Verena Paravel
    Producer
    Lucien Castaing-Taylor
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 87 minutes), £14.99

    LEVIATHAN is an innovative and unusual documentary set on board a fishing vessel operating off the New England coast. The film employs an arsenal of small Go-pro cameras attached to the vessel and its crew...

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  2. Faces of Scotland (2012)

    Subject
    Film studies; History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 135 minutes), £12.99

    A compilation of nine documentaries from the Films of Scotland Collection at the Scottish Screen Archive. All the films have been restored and digitally transferred to High Definition. The films are:...

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  3. End of the Line, The (2010)

    Director
    Rupert Murray
    Producer
    Claire Lewis; George Duffield
    Subject
    Agriculture; Catering; Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 85 minutes), £10.00

    Based on the book of the same name by Charles Clover, this is the first major feature documentary film to reveal the impact of overfishing on our oceans. It shows firsthand the effects of our global love...

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  4. Darwin’s Nightmare (2010)

    Director
    Hubert Sauper
    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 111 minutes)

    The African nation of Tanzania has a booming business selling fish to Europe, but its citizens live in a state of horrific poverty and degradation. Filmmaker Hubert Sauper uses his documentary DARWIN’S...

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  5. Cry Sea (2007)

    Director
    Cafi Mohamud
    Subject
    Agriculture; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 55 minutes), £29.00

    This documentary explores the impact that the EU’s fishing policies are having on Senegal, where the sea is the nation’s main resource. Thanks to The EU’s agreement with Senegal, European commercial...

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  6. 30s Britain Volume 1: Granton Trawler (2006)

    Director
    John Grierson; Alberto Cavalcanti; Humphrey Jennings; Ralph Elton
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 75 minutes), £12.99

    Collection of five films from the GPO Film Unit. ‘Granton Trawler’ (1934) directed by John Grierson. About a trawler fishing on the Viking Bank. ‘Coal Face’ (1935) directed by Alberto Cavalcanti. An...

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  7. Potential for Species Separation in Mixed Fisheries in the North Sea, The (2005)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 12 minutes), free 1st copy, £15.00 thereafter

    This video explains the problem of mixed fisheries in which a range of species is caught on the same grounds. Options are described to reduce the discarding of undersized fish or unwanted species by...

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  8. Drifters/Caller Herrin’ (2002)

    Director
    John Grierson; Alan Harper
    Subject
    Agriculture; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 60 minutes), £19.99

    Two films on North Sea herring fleets. One is the classic John Grierson film DRIFTERS and the other was made in 1947 for the Scottish Home Department.

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  9. Conservation Measures (1999)

    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 11 minutes), £15.00

    Directed at all involved in fisheries management, this video examines ways of reducing the discarding of fish and illustrates methods that increase fishing gear selectivity. Underwater footage from around...

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  10. Searching for Survival (1999)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 20 minutes), £15.00

    Describes the work of a European Scientific Project into the effect of North Sea fisheries on seabirds. Scientists are producing a mathematical model which ultimately will allow the effects of changes in...

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