"The Fish Belong to the People"

"The Fish Belong to the People", a documentary about the Port Clyde fishermen, will premiere October 3^rd, 2009 at the Camden International Film Festival, with a reception at the Island Institute, 386 Main Street in Rockland, at 3:00 p.m.

"The Fish Belong to the People" follows a group of family fishermen in Port Clyde, Maine as they work to save their fishing grounds from government, market structure, and themselves. With each passing season their way of life has slowly been extinguished by old ways of doing business that favors the most efficient and destructive ways of fishing over sustainability.

With nothing left to lose, the local fishermen of Port Clyde are trying to stay afloat by finally becoming an environmentally friendly operation. Their proactive association is developing cleaner ways of fishing by reducing their use of powerful technologies at sea. On land they retool how their catch is sold- as a cleaner alternative that comes fresh off the boat straight to the public. Ultimately it is the people as consumers who will put their support behind factory machines or local family owned boats.

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