Saving the Ocean - Swordfish! Part 1

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In the second part of this two-part special, Carl Safina goes to sea with some of the last remaining swordfish harpooners to experience firsthand one of the world?s most sustainable fisheries and to find out why swordfish are the world?s best big-fish comeback story.

Air date: 10/25/2012 Watch

http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2293795132/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false In the second part of this two-part special, Carl Safina goes to sea with some of the last remaining swordfish harpooners to experience firsthand one of the world?s most sustainable fisheries and to find out why swordfish are the world?s best big-fish comeback story. /episodes/get/6068 /episode/6068 Saving the Ocean: Swordfish! Part 2 /episode-player/6068

Swordfish! Part 1

In a two-part special, Carl Safina goes to sea with some of the last remaining swordfish harpooners to experience firsthand one of the world?s most sustainable fisheries and to find out why swordfish are the world?s best big-fish comeback story.

Air date: 10/18/2012 Watch

http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2292007111/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false In a two-part special, Carl Safina goes to sea with some of the last remaining swordfish harpooners to experience firsthand one of the world?s most sustainable fisheries and to find out why swordfish are the world?s best big-fish comeback story. /episodes/get/5972 /episode/5972 Saving the Ocean: Swordfish! Part 1 /episode-player/5972

Destination Baja

This is the remarkable story of how local fishing people in Baja California, Mexico, stopped hunting ?devil-fish? - actually gray whales - and instead developed a whale-watching co-op that now caters to tourists from all over the world. They?re also getting rich by setting fishing rules for...

Air date: 10/11/2012 Watch

http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2286020756/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false This is the remarkable story of how local fishing people in Baja California, Mexico, stopped hunting ?devil-fish? - actually gray whales - and instead developed a whale-watching co-op that now caters to tourists from all over the world. They?re also getting rich by setting fishing rules for... /episodes/get/5915 /episode/5915 Saving the Ocean: Destination Baja /episode-player/5915

Shark Reef

Shark Reef profiles innovative efforts to protect sharks from the devastating effects of the global shark fin trade.

Air date: 04/07/2011 Watch

http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1875037754/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Shark Reef profiles innovative efforts to protect sharks from the devastating effects of the global shark fin trade. /episodes/get/5037 /episode/5037 Saving the Ocean: Shark Reef /episode-player/5037

The Sacred Island

"The Sacred Island" takes viewers to Zanzibar, off the East African coast, where local villagers fought a resort development in their pristine reefs and lagoons through a combination of activism, education, and regulation.

Air date: 04/07/2011 Watch

http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1874606186/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false "The Sacred Island" takes viewers to Zanzibar, off the East African coast, where local villagers fought a resort development in their pristine reefs and lagoons through a combination of activism, education, and regulation. /episodes/get/5038 /episode/5038 Saving the Ocean: The Sacred Island /episode-player/5038

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