Name: Saving the Ocean
Released: 2011-04-07T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary

Two thirds of the globe is ocean. While most people are just starting to hear about problems with overfishing, pollution, coral reef troubles, and the like, marine biologists, fisheries scientists, and conservationists worldwide are already hard at work inventing, devising, and implementing solutions.

2011 · 25m

EPISODE 1

Shark Reef

With the relentless pressure of the shark fin trade, sharks are in trouble everywhere — almost. Glover’s Reef marine reserve in Belize shows how sharks can thrive and local people can still fish.
EPISODE 2

The Sacred Island

Find out why Carl Safina believes Islam could be a key to ocean conservation in large parts of the world.
EPISODE 3

Destination Baja

Learn how fishermen in Mexico stopped hunting gray whales and developed a lucrative whale-watching co-op.
EPISODE 4

Swordfish!, Pt. 1

(Part 1 of 2) Join Carl Safina as he goes to sea with some of the last remaining swordfish harpooners.
EPISODE 5

Swordfish!, Pt. 2

(Part 2 of 2) Join Carl Safina as he goes to sea with some of the last remaining swordfish harpooners.
EPISODE 6

River of Kings, Pt. 1

(Part 1 of 2) Examine the major project, led by the Nisqually Indian tribe, restoring the Nisqually River.