The Proprietor Review

A film presented by a young couple last evening  at the lecture theater, NVIT , Merritt Campus ,admission a 4 dollar donation.

Marie Josee (MJ) Arsenault did a preamble to a film that had excellent photography and direction. Beautiful coral reefs and ocean flora and fauna gave a pleasant context to present a pressing issue to the Eco-Odyssey Foundation.

The view of the film maker, a Rob Stewart, was that sharks a great and no threat to people.

The film is far from propaganda as there are diverging views presented however you still get the sence of public relations and a bias. The bias is based in the concern for the de-fining of sharks and may be legitimate. The big plus is the awareness of the environment and the volume of the world population in people who demand protein and social capital from the ecosystem and the limits on hunter gather systems ability to  provide.

The film has some gore as the removal of fins and landing of hooked sharks is presented.

Paul Watson and his international effort to interfere with non complies in international waters was a surprise  in the film. His confrontational style is uncomfortable, maybe by design.

Paul Watson  a Canadian was one of Time Magazines heroes of of the environment of the 20th century. He also championed Timber wolf’s in British Columbia.

The presenters have a web site: www.eco-odyssey.com

 Editors Note:

Our view is that predators like sharks are part of the eco-system and keep us safe from disease by consuming the weak and sick in the ocean similar to all top predators. The film  presents a view and statistics that humans are safe from them and there are only 5 deaths a year and most from bleeding. we think that that is not accurate and that another dynamic exists in open ocean especially when debris and rough water is prevalent. Sharks in large numbers eat anything, in that context. Historically in at least one instance the crew of the USS Indianapolis torpedoed by a Japanese submarine on its return from delivering the Atomic bomb to the Enola Gay experienced huge losses to sharks over a time  in the water.

Here is an eyewitness account by a survivor from the Indianapolis,Woody James:

The day wore on and the sharks were around, hundreds of them. You’d hear guys scream, especially late in the afternoon. Seemed like the sharks were the worst late in the afternoon than they were during the day. Then they fed at night too. Everything would be quiet and then you’d hear somebody scream and you knew a shark had got him.

USS Indianapolis org website.

Today in history, March 29th,1882

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