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<i>Come on, dog!</i>

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<i>NETFLIX - ORIGINAL</i>
<i>DOCUMENTARY SERIES</i>

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<i>That's right.</i>

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<i>Okay. We bounce.</i>

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<i>Over the last 50 years</i>
<i>fish consumption has doubled.</i>

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<i>Seafood is the main source of protein</i>

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<i>for billions of people around the world.</i>

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<i>Oceans can't</i>
<i>meet such demand.</i>

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<i>The world's fish stocks are dwindling,</i>
<i>and the fishing grounds are deserted.</i>

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<i>People didn't have a chance.</i>
<i>The fishing industry has collapsed.</i>

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<i>Whoever is in favor, raise your hand.</i>

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<i>In America, the government intervened,</i>
<i>to prevent a crisis</i>

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<i>but according to some</i>
<i>that only made things worse.</i>

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<i>Catch allocation is a joke.</i>
<i>He screwed up the entire industry.</i>

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<i>Currently 94% of fish consumed in America</i>

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<i>comes from abroad</i>
<i>from unknown sources.</i>

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<i>We don't know where these fish come from.</i>

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<i>How many times have they been defrosted</i>

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<i>and how they were preserved.</i>

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<i>American fishermen watch helplessly,</i>
<i>how their world ends.</i>

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<i>They are left with nothing. They lose everything.</i>

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<i>But a certain tycoon</i>
<i>who evaded regulations for 30 years</i>

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<i>made a fortune.</i>

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<i>Carlos Rafael.</i>

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<i>Ocean fish have become a commodity,</i>

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<i>which is traded on the stock exchange.</i>

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<i>We allow</i>
<i>this huge theft went unpunished</i>

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<i>and we all lose from it.</i>

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<i>COD SEASON</i>

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<i>My name is Carlos Rafael.</i>

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<i>I have a fleet of cutters in New Bedford.</i>

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<i>RECORDING FROM DECEMBER 2012</i>

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<i>I am the number one player in this industry.</i>

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<i>I employ nearly 300 fishermen.</i>

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<i>I invested</i>
<i>over 50 million in this business.</i>

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<i>I won't give up.</i>
<i>I will be the last one to fall.</i>

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<i>You'll see.</i>

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<i>The last one on the battlefield.</i>

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<i>I.</i>

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<i>All those green boats</i>
<i>belong to Raphael's fleet.</i>

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<i>DEPUTY PORT CAPTAIN</i>

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<i>Those green and white boats</i>

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<i>marked with the letters "CR"</i>

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<i>are the property of Carlos Rafael.</i>

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<i>How would you describe his personality?</i>

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<i>He is a fisherman. Nothing to add, nothing to take away.</i>

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<i>New Bedford, Massachusetts</i>
<i>is the most important fishing port</i>

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<i>in the United States</i>

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<i>Turnover of the fishing industry</i>
<i>they reach a billion dollars a year.</i>

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<i>For over 30 years</i>
<i>a significant part of this wealth</i>

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<i>passes through Raphael's hands,</i>

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<i>also called the Godfather Cod.</i>

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<i>Every fisherman in New England</i>

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<i>heard of the Godfather Cod</i>
<i>and knows his reputation.</i>

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<i>He's a fucking, worm-infested scum.</i>
<i>That's my opinion.</i>

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<i>He lied to many people...</i>

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<i>CAPTAIN OF THE FISHING CUT</i>

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<i>...to achieve your position.</i>

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<i>Who is he really? Who knows.</i>

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<i>I don't like him.</i>

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<i>Even if Rafael is one</i>
<i>the monster his opponents think he is</i>

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<i>the global fishing crisis created it.</i>

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<i>CARLOS RAFAEL,</i>
<i>27 CHARGES</i>

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<i>He built his empire,</i>
<i>taking advantage of this crisis</i>

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<i>and then the recipes</i>
<i>which were supposed to end it.</i>

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<i>The story of the rise and fall of Carlos Rafael</i>
<i>this is evidence of the disease that is affecting this system.</i>

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<i>Richie Canastra is in business</i>
<i>with Carlos Rafael for 20 years.</i>

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<i>- Good morning.</i>
<i>- Good morning.</i>

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<i>Canastra runs a seafood market.</i>

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<i>Most of New Bedford's fish go there.</i>

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<i>Hi, Joe. How are you?</i>

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<i>I am Portuguese,</i>

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<i>and my surname means basket...</i>

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<i>CO-OWNER OF THE AUCTION HOUSE</i>

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<i>...in which fishermen carry their catch to market.</i>

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<i>Portuguese immigrants in New Bedford</i>
<i>made the city famous.</i>

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<i>One of them was Carlos Rafael.</i>

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<i>And this cutter –</i><span style="style_2"> Sasha Lee</i><i>–</i>
<i>this is one of his 32 ships.</i>

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<i>He had been dragging his nets across the waters for a week</i>

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<i>Southern New England.</i>

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<i>And now I'll unload</i>
<i>caught anglerfish and rays</i>

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<i>and will sell them at auction.</i>

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<i>The people of New Bedford have the ocean in their blood.</i>

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<i>We are recognized</i>
<i>food port</i>

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<i>for over 100 years.</i>

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<i>We know that the waves were caused in New Bedford</i>

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<i>they can run around the world.</i>

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<i>These fish will find buyers all over the world</i>

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<i>as luxury dishes</i>

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<i>fish fingers or animal food.</i>

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<i>It's a very extensive industry.</i>

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<i>International.</i>

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<i>Let's take a shark from New England.</i>

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<i>The abdominal parts will go to Germany...</i>

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<i>and the rest of the fish for the Korean market.</i>

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<i>Our common tuna</i>

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<i>flies to Japan,</i>
<i>if it's suitable for sushi</i>

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<i>and hits the market in Tokyo</i>
<i>the day after being caught in New England.</i>

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<i>We, in turn, sell</i>
<i>salmon from Chile, Norway and Scotland.</i>

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<i>- He's sitting!</i>
<i>- Yes.</i>

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<i>Elements of the fishing industry</i>
<i>are connected like never before.</i>

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<i>Prices of trout from Iceland</i>
<i>or halibut from Norway</i>

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<i>have a huge impact</i>
<i>on the profitability of fishing in New England.</i>

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<i>- Ready, Joe?</i>
<i>- Sure.</i>

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<i>America is</i>
<i>one of the largest markets in this industry.</i>

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<i>In 2015, Americans devoured</i>
<i>two and a half billion tons of seafood.</i>

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<i>They spent $96 billion and their country</i>

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<i>became the second largest</i>
<i>seafood consumer next to China.</i>

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<i>What do you like about this industry?</i>

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<i>Earnings.</i>

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<i>These are the mussels they brought in this morning.</i>

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<i>We have 600 kilos.</i>

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<i>Over 600 kilos of mussels in each container.</i>

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<i>They'll go for $26 a kilo.</i>

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<i>So there are 18 thousand in each container.</i>

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<i>And over half a million in the whole room.</i>

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<i>In these boxes.</i>

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<i>On New England Fish</i>
<i>many have already made a fortune.</i>

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<i>The crops on which this industry relies</i>

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<i>are demersal species:</i>
<i>haddock, flounder and cod</i>

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<i>We call them bottom fish.</i>

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<i>They are mild, tasty and full of them.</i>

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<i>Just in time for a massive catch</i>
<i>and exported worldwide.</i>

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<i>One cutter can do it</i>
<i>bring these fish for over 50 thousand.</i>

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<i>COD FILET,</i>
<i>AMERICAN PRODUCT $8.99</i>

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<i>Many fishermen today</i>
<i>can barely make ends meet.</i>

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<i>When I was little</i>
<i>We had a swimming pool in the West End.</i>

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<i>And when the authorities closed him down,</i>

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<i>We lost everything.</i>

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<i>So my father started catching fish with a line.</i>

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<i>Mainly swordfish.</i>

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<i>But they caught them all,</i>

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<i>so he switched to molluscs.</i>

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<i>They were gone too,</i>
<i>when fishing restrictions were introduced.</i>

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<i>It's been a mess for as long as I can remember.</i>

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<i>For thousands of years the world's oceans</i>
<i>were a source of inexhaustible abundance.</i>

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<i>There were too many fish to catch them all.</i>

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<i>That has changed, however.</i>

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<i>From the 1960s and early 1970s</i>

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<i>more and more appeared</i>
<i>huge foreign fishing fleets.</i>

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<i>They were able to show up</i>
<i>in every corner of the world</i>

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<i>and remove huge amounts of fish from the ecosystem.</i>

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<i>New England's rich fishing grounds</i>
<i>were particularly attractive to them.</i>

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<i>Apparently sometime every night...</i>

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<i>OCEANOLOGIST</i>

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<i>...the sky over Point Judith</i>

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<i>it was bright with lights</i>
<i>foreign factory ships.</i>

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<i>They pulled them out of our waters</i>
<i>such amounts of herring</i>

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<i>that they destroyed the entire population.</i>

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<i>We witnessed the collapse of the cod</i>

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<i>and sea bass.</i>

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<i>The fishermen knew, and so did</i>
<i>politicians counting on their votes</i>

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<i>that something needs to be done about it.</i>

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<i>In 1976, Congress adopted</i>
<i>the Magnuson Act and ever since</i>

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<i>only American fishermen could</i>
<i>fish within a radius of 300 km from the shore.</i>

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<i>President Ford signed it.</i>

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<i>Everything changed overnight.</i>

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<i>To enable our fishermen</i>
<i>taking advantage of this opportunity</i>

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<i>the federal government offered them help.</i>

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<i>A credit support program has been launched.</i>

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<i>The government ensured the availability of credit.</i>

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<i>People liked it very much,</i>

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<i>because they could buy cutters on credit</i>

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<i>and get to this one</i>
<i>newly acquired resource reserve.</i>

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<i>Fishermen may have had ambitions.</i>

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<i>I was a teenager then,</i>
<i>and quite unruly, so...</i>

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<i>when I caught the cutter,</i>
<i>I was bursting with pride and happiness.</i>

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<i>I worked for a few years</i>
<i>and I saved a certain amount,</i>

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<i>for which I bought</i>
<i>own cutter. That's how I started.</i>

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<i>I'm grateful for that</i>
<i>that this is how I made it on my own.</i>

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<i>Private fishing boats</i>
<i>operated more and more efficiently</i>

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<i>and business was booming.</i>

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<i>But there were no more fish in the sea.</i>

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<i>The government took care of the fishermen...</i>

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<i>but not about fish.</i>

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<i>Number of cutters in New England</i>
<i>increased to one and a half thousand.</i>

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<i>Fleets have become too large,</i>

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<i>and scientists started sounding the alarm</i>

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<i>about progressing</i>
<i>extermination of the cod population.</i>

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<i>Cod, the basis of economics</i>
<i>New England, has become rare.</i>

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<i>Like other fish species in the world.</i>

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<i>The global fishing crisis has begun.</i>

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<i>The American government intervened again,</i>

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<i>this time to defend</i>
<i>fishermen before themselves.</i>

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<i>MEETING OF THE FISHING FISHING MANAGEMENT BOARD</i>

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<i>Whoever is in favor, raise your hand.</i>

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<i>Congress entrusted the fate of the fishing industry</i>

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<i>eight district councils.</i>

189
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<i>The motion was adopted unanimously.</i>

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<i>Councils set limits</i>
<i>fishing depending on the species.</i>

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<i>On one side</i>
<i>there were scientists who warned</i>

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<i>that it's time to start taking action</i>
<i>because the crisis is coming</i>

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<i>and on the other side – fishermen</i>

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<i>who had to pay</i>
<i>bills and loan installments.</i>

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<i>They had to earn a living.</i>

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<i>And in the midst were these</i>

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<i>who had to set limits</i>

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<i>this way</i>
<i>to avoid a crisis, but to give a chance</i>

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<i>survival of the fishing industry.</i>

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<i>These disputes have been going on for two generations.</i>

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<i>I respect the opinion of the community.</i>

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<i>I just want us to be guided</i>

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<i>the best available research results.</i>

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<i>They don't have to be perfect, just reliable.</i>

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<i>The truth is fleeting.</i>

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<i>This is about</i>
<i>accurate counting of fish populations.</i>

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<i>This is not an easy task.</i>

208
00:14:41,046 --> 00:14:43,841
<i>Fish live in the environment</i>

209
00:14:43,924 --> 00:14:46,010
<i>which is hard for us to observe</i>

210
00:14:46,093 --> 00:14:48,679
<i>The area covered by the research is huge.</i>

211
00:14:49,430 --> 00:14:51,098
<i>- And they are in constant motion.</i>
<i>- Yes.</i>

212
00:14:53,726 --> 00:14:57,146
<i>So we use scientific models</i>

213
00:14:57,229 --> 00:15:01,984
<i>to estimate</i>
<i>distribution and abundance of fish populations.</i>

214
00:15:02,443 --> 00:15:04,820
<i>It's a very theoretical approach.</i>

215
00:15:10,951 --> 00:15:15,039
<i>The research is conducted by the National Fisheries Agency:</i>

216
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<i>National Service department</i>
<i>Oceanic and Meteorological.</i>

217
00:15:24,256 --> 00:15:26,926
<i>And fishing limits depend</i>

218
00:15:27,009 --> 00:15:29,637
<i>based on the results of these tests.</i>

219
00:15:32,765 --> 00:15:36,477
<i>Information is also key</i>

220
00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:39,355
<i>concerning age and population growth.</i>

221
00:15:44,652 --> 00:15:48,280
<i>When the fish grows,</i>
<i>a tiny rock in her ear, called an otolith,</i>

222
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<i>forms grain</i>
<i>which look like a tree trunk.</i>

223
00:15:55,287 --> 00:15:59,291
<i>Knowing the age of individual individuals,</i>

224
00:15:59,375 --> 00:16:02,795
<i>we can estimate the age of the entire population</i>

225
00:16:02,878 --> 00:16:05,881
<i>and take it into account</i>
<i>when setting limits.</i>

226
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<i>ON BOARD</i><span style="style_1">TRADITION</i>
<i>ATLANTIC OCEAN</i>

227
00:16:21,855 --> 00:16:24,191
<i>Many fishermen doubt these studies.</i>

228
00:16:25,609 --> 00:16:29,321
<i>They think scientists</i>
<i>they don't know anything about fishing</i>

229
00:16:29,405 --> 00:16:31,532
<i>and give wrong opinions</i>

230
00:16:31,991 --> 00:16:35,577
<i>and estimated size</i>
<i>fish population is underestimated.</i>

231
00:16:36,704 --> 00:16:39,456
<i>Throw one for the cod and three for the sharks.</i>

232
00:16:39,540 --> 00:16:41,083
<i>Look how many stingrays.</i>

233
00:16:45,129 --> 00:16:47,423
<i>It's a special place at this time of year.</i>

234
00:16:47,506 --> 00:16:48,632
<i>CUT CAPTAIN</i>

235
00:16:48,716 --> 00:16:50,801
<i>We have cod, grouper,</i>

236
00:16:50,884 --> 00:16:53,637
<i>flounder and flatfish – all together.</i>

237
00:16:58,267 --> 00:17:02,479
<i>What we observe</i>
<i>contradicts scientific predictions.</i>

238
00:17:02,563 --> 00:17:06,233
<i>I don't agree with them at all.</i>

239
00:17:06,316 --> 00:17:09,028
<i>Nothing to do with them.</i>

240
00:17:11,321 --> 00:17:15,534
<i>Our science says:</i>
<i>"we want to survive and make money."</i>

241
00:17:21,790 --> 00:17:24,710
<i>There is a good reason</i>
<i>for which people...</i>

242
00:17:25,461 --> 00:17:27,379
<i>question the research results.</i>

243
00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:33,343
<i>We accept estimates because you don't have</i>
<i>nothing better, but that doesn't convince us.</i>

244
00:17:34,344 --> 00:17:39,183
<i>The fishermen wanted more than anything</i>
<i>that their right would be respected.</i>

245
00:17:39,266 --> 00:17:41,560
<i>They don't feel like that's the case at the moment.</i>

246
00:17:42,811 --> 00:17:45,314
<i>I have been attending these meetings since 1994.</i>

247
00:17:45,397 --> 00:17:48,317
<i>They never once offered me anything.</i>

248
00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:51,487
<i>I'm still just fighting</i>
<i>about not losing something.</i>

249
00:17:52,404 --> 00:17:56,241
<i>The problem is,</i>
<i>that fishermen do not have the right to vote.</i>

250
00:17:56,325 --> 00:17:59,620
<i>Many New England fishing establishments</i>

251
00:17:59,703 --> 00:18:02,331
<i>has been at loggerheads with scientists for years.</i>

252
00:18:03,123 --> 00:18:07,336
<i>Scientists and fishermen do not trust each other.</i>

253
00:18:07,419 --> 00:18:09,838
<i>The fact is that the cod has been exterminated.</i>

254
00:18:09,922 --> 00:18:14,093
<i>No one will deny that.</i>

255
00:18:16,011 --> 00:18:19,848
<i>Meanwhile</i>
<i>the market was flooded with foreign fish.</i>

256
00:18:20,808 --> 00:18:23,769
<i>They are caught by factory ships</i>

257
00:18:23,852 --> 00:18:26,021
<i>who don't care about fish stocks.</i>

258
00:18:27,356 --> 00:18:29,399
<i>Cheap labor and transport</i>

259
00:18:29,483 --> 00:18:32,778
<i>made importing profitable.</i>

260
00:18:34,613 --> 00:18:37,324
<i>They freeze fish immediately after catching it,</i>

261
00:18:37,407 --> 00:18:41,161
<i>ship to China</i>
<i>thaw and process them,</i>

262
00:18:41,245 --> 00:18:44,873
<i>chemically preserved</i>
They <i>freeze it again and send it to us.</i>

263
00:18:45,874 --> 00:18:50,337
<i>This applies to many products.</i>

264
00:18:50,420 --> 00:18:52,381
<i>You can't trust a label</i>

265
00:18:52,464 --> 00:18:55,425
<i>when it comes to imported fish in America.</i>

266
00:18:57,010 --> 00:19:02,307
<i>Attempts to rebuild the population since the 1990s</i>
<i>Atlantic bottom fish</i>

267
00:19:02,391 --> 00:19:04,685
<i>consist in shortening the fishing season</i>

268
00:19:05,310 --> 00:19:08,272
<i>and introducing quantitative limits.</i>

269
00:19:09,273 --> 00:19:12,276
<i>Fishermen's profits continue to decline.</i>

270
00:19:14,403 --> 00:19:17,906
<i>Many small businesses have already gone out of business.</i>

271
00:19:18,574 --> 00:19:20,242
<i>They had to sell the cutters.</i>

272
00:19:22,494 --> 00:19:26,456
<i>Small fleets have a big problem.</i>

273
00:19:26,540 --> 00:19:30,419
<i>If we don't do something,</i>
They<i>will fall. Thank you.</i>

274
00:19:33,213 --> 00:19:36,884
<i>Bankruptcies have started</i>
<i>and leaving the industry.</i>

275
00:19:38,594 --> 00:19:43,849
<i>Some fleets have shrunk</i>
<i>four times.</i>

276
00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:47,978
<i>Only every fifth cutter</i>
<i>still goes out to sea.</i>

277
00:19:49,521 --> 00:19:52,566
<i>Larger companies quickly spotted the opportunity.</i>

278
00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:57,029
<i>Just like Carlos Rafael - Cod Godmother.</i>

279
00:19:57,404 --> 00:20:00,616
<i>He bought fishing permits</i>

280
00:20:00,699 --> 00:20:02,409
<i>after the departing fishermen</i>

281
00:20:02,492 --> 00:20:05,913
<i>and he finally stayed</i>
<i>the biggest player in the northeast.</i>

282
00:20:06,955 --> 00:20:09,791
<i>He opened a processing plant.</i>

283
00:20:09,875 --> 00:20:14,004
<i>It expanded and expanded its scope</i>

284
00:20:14,087 --> 00:20:15,756
<i>your business.</i>

285
00:20:16,924 --> 00:20:21,511
<i>He also collected a long list</i>
<i>judgments, charges and fines...</i>

286
00:20:22,346 --> 00:20:26,850
<i>for non-payment of taxes</i>
<i>and unsafe working conditions.</i>

287
00:20:27,684 --> 00:20:29,645
<i>For now, he still operates with impunity.</i>

288
00:20:32,147 --> 00:20:34,316
<i>And the efforts of scientists,</i>

289
00:20:34,399 --> 00:20:37,110
<i>to protect bottom fish</i>
<i>had no effect.</i>

290
00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:40,781
<i>So a new plan was created:</i>

291
00:20:41,782 --> 00:20:43,158
<i>catch allocation</i>

292
00:20:44,743 --> 00:20:47,621
<i>Catch allocation assumes</i>

293
00:20:47,704 --> 00:20:51,917
<i>setting a certain catch amount</i>

294
00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:55,212
<i>and its division between industry entities.</i>

295
00:20:57,214 --> 00:21:00,425
<i>The government sets certain annual limits</i>

296
00:21:00,509 --> 00:21:04,304
<i>on the number of fish of a given species,</i>
<i>that may be caught.</i>

297
00:21:04,388 --> 00:21:07,599
<i>This is the total allowable catch.</i>

298
00:21:08,141 --> 00:21:12,521
<i>It is divided between</i>
<i>active New England fishermen</i>

299
00:21:12,604 --> 00:21:14,398
<i>in the form of a catch allocation.</i>

300
00:21:15,565 --> 00:21:19,278
<i>The idea sounded sensible,</i>
<i>and still allocate catches</i>

301
00:21:19,361 --> 00:21:23,949
<i>became one of the most</i>
<i>controversial regulations in history.</i>

302
00:21:24,700 --> 00:21:28,704
<i>We had a problem</i>
<i>with overfishing. It's true.</i>

303
00:21:28,787 --> 00:21:33,208
<i>Then introduced</i>
<i>allocations that were supposed to save the industry.</i>

304
00:21:33,292 --> 00:21:34,751
<i>And they totally fucked her up.</i>

305
00:21:36,295 --> 00:21:39,339
<i>Assignments are not</i>
<i>just an idea of scientists.</i>

306
00:21:41,008 --> 00:21:45,887
<i>They were introduced after </i>
<i>years of pressure from a certain influential group</i>

307
00:21:45,971 --> 00:21:48,140
<i>Environmental Protection Fund.</i>

308
00:21:48,223 --> 00:21:50,058
<i>ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FUND</i>

309
00:21:51,351 --> 00:21:55,772
<i>Thanks to the efforts of the fund</i>
<i>DDT production was banned</i>

310
00:21:55,856 --> 00:21:57,190
<i>and it is currently</i>

311
00:21:57,274 --> 00:22:00,986
<i>one of the most important</i>
<i>environmental authorities in America.</i>

312
00:22:01,528 --> 00:22:04,656
<i>Our motto is:</i>
<i>"Finding effective solutions."</i>

313
00:22:04,740 --> 00:22:07,326
<i>We analyze economic factors...</i>

314
00:22:07,409 --> 00:22:09,077
<i>HEAD OF THE FISHING MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT</i>

315
00:22:09,161 --> 00:22:10,746
<i>...and economic phenomena.</i>

316
00:22:11,621 --> 00:22:15,167
<i>The fund cooperates with enterprises</i>

317
00:22:15,250 --> 00:22:16,793
<i>instead of fighting them.</i>

318
00:22:16,877 --> 00:22:20,255
<i>He is known for being pro-business</i>
<i>free market approach.</i>

319
00:22:21,173 --> 00:22:26,011
<i>Fishing allocations were to be</i>
<i>revolution and rescue for fishing.</i>

320
00:22:26,386 --> 00:22:29,931
<i>We are trying to offer fishermen</i>

321
00:22:30,015 --> 00:22:32,517
<i>security and flexibility</i>

322
00:22:32,601 --> 00:22:35,270
<i>in running a business.</i>

323
00:22:36,063 --> 00:22:38,482
<i>We also care about this</i>

324
00:22:38,565 --> 00:22:41,818
<i>that no one is above the law</i>

325
00:22:42,486 --> 00:22:45,030
<i>in terms of regulations.</i>

326
00:22:45,364 --> 00:22:47,908
<i>If everything works as it should</i>

327
00:22:47,991 --> 00:22:50,827
<i>this fishery will not be destroyed.</i>

328
00:22:52,704 --> 00:22:55,415
<i>The Fund proposed that, in accordance with the regulations</i>

329
00:22:55,499 --> 00:22:59,836
<i>every assignment was considered</i>
<i>like the private property of a given fisherman.</i>

330
00:23:00,337 --> 00:23:04,841
<i>It may be sold as such</i>
<i>leased or purchased.</i>

331
00:23:05,717 --> 00:23:08,929
<i>It's a more market-oriented approach.</i>

332
00:23:09,012 --> 00:23:11,389
<i>We create a market</i>

333
00:23:11,473 --> 00:23:15,102
<i>on which assignments can</i>
<i>change ownership in such a way</i>

334
00:23:15,727 --> 00:23:19,689
<i>to be fully utilized.</i>

335
00:23:21,274 --> 00:23:24,027
<i>The idea was responsible fishing.</i>

336
00:23:24,903 --> 00:23:29,324
<i>However, according to critics</i>
<i>it was about the privatization of a public good:</i>

337
00:23:30,617 --> 00:23:32,285
<i>sea fish.</i>

338
00:23:32,911 --> 00:23:35,580
<i>Assignments can take many different forms.</i>

339
00:23:35,664 --> 00:23:40,961
<i>But the fund cares</i>
<i>on a privatized model.</i>

340
00:23:41,336 --> 00:23:44,923
<i>There is a belief</i>
<i>that privatization of the fishery</i>

341
00:23:45,006 --> 00:23:50,178
<i>will encourage its owners</i>
<i>for better care.</i>

342
00:23:50,262 --> 00:23:54,474
<i>That they will take care of them</i>
<i>and that it will solve the problem of overfishing.</i>

343
00:23:55,517 --> 00:23:59,646
<i>The Fund claims allocations</i>
<i>were effective in many areas.</i>

344
00:23:59,729 --> 00:24:02,649
<i>That they saved in Alaska</i>
<i>swordtail population</i>

345
00:24:02,732 --> 00:24:07,070
<i>a in the Gulf of Mexico</i>
<i>the number of snappers is increasing.</i>

346
00:24:07,154 --> 00:24:10,490
<i>There is no shortage of stories</i>

347
00:24:10,574 --> 00:24:13,910
<i>about depleted fishing grounds</i>

348
00:24:13,994 --> 00:24:17,289
<i>whose fleets suffered greatly,</i>

349
00:24:17,372 --> 00:24:18,915
<i>and which are now full of fish.</i>

350
00:24:18,999 --> 00:24:22,919
<i>This model works</i>
<i>and will work in this case too.</i>

351
00:24:23,003 --> 00:24:27,924
<i>If I didn't think like that, I would change my job.</i>

352
00:24:29,676 --> 00:24:31,511
<i>For opponents of this system</i>

353
00:24:31,595 --> 00:24:36,141
<i>privatization of fishing grounds is not the solution.</i>

354
00:24:36,558 --> 00:24:39,019
<i>What does the history of our species tell us?</i>

355
00:24:39,603 --> 00:24:42,939
<i>Have you ever seen</i>
<i>like the owner of private land</i>

356
00:24:43,023 --> 00:24:46,026
<i>devastates and poisons it?</i>

357
00:24:47,110 --> 00:24:50,530
<i>We have examples of abuse all over the world</i>

358
00:24:50,614 --> 00:24:54,951
<i>privatization systems</i>

359
00:24:55,035 --> 00:24:58,580
<i>which were intended to make people caretakers.</i>

360
00:24:59,748 --> 00:25:01,791
<i>That's why it won't work.</i>

361
00:25:03,585 --> 00:25:08,548
<i>The fund convinces</i>
<i>that allocation is not a form of privatization.</i>

362
00:25:08,673 --> 00:25:12,177
<i>In the United States</i>
<i>you can't become the owner of the ocean.</i>

363
00:25:12,260 --> 00:25:14,512
<i>In the eyes of the law, it is a public good.</i>

364
00:25:14,596 --> 00:25:17,182
<i>Property of each of us.</i>

365
00:25:17,599 --> 00:25:22,187
<i>Fishing allocation is a privilege</i>

366
00:25:22,270 --> 00:25:25,774
<i>which gives to professional fishermen</i>

367
00:25:25,857 --> 00:25:28,777
<i>the right to earn a living</i>

368
00:25:28,860 --> 00:25:31,029
<i>using the public good.</i>

369
00:25:31,112 --> 00:25:32,280
<i>That's a good idea.</i>

370
00:25:32,697 --> 00:25:36,284
<i>For the country and the fishing industry.</i>

371
00:25:37,869 --> 00:25:42,457
<i>The issue of privatization of fishing grounds</i>
<i>is subject to dispute</i>

372
00:25:42,540 --> 00:25:46,002
<i>between fishermen, environmental defenders</i>
<i>and government institutions</i>

373
00:25:46,086 --> 00:25:47,963
<i>which continue to this day.</i>

374
00:25:48,296 --> 00:25:49,714
<i>Okay.</i>

375
00:25:50,966 --> 00:25:52,634
<i>Hi, guys. Hey, dad.</i>

376
00:25:53,385 --> 00:25:57,305
<i>Tell Delsin</i>
<i>to put two logs in the box.</i>

377
00:25:58,139 --> 00:26:01,351
<i>Did they tell you the feeder was broken?</i>

378
00:26:01,434 --> 00:26:04,062
<i>- Yes, four sleeves.</i>
<i>- Exactly. Thanks.</i>

379
00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:08,817
<i>Tor Bendiksen comes from a fishing family</i>

380
00:26:08,900 --> 00:26:11,319
<i>and runs a family supply business.</i>

381
00:26:13,113 --> 00:26:16,116
<i>When I was 13, I sailed on my father's cutter.</i>

382
00:26:16,199 --> 00:26:21,413
<i>Regulations were being created at that time,</i>

383
00:26:21,496 --> 00:26:23,957
<i>which completely changed this profession.</i>

384
00:26:25,625 --> 00:26:27,335
<i>New network, ready to work.</i>

385
00:26:27,419 --> 00:26:32,382
<i>And then they introduced quotas.</i>
<i>Apparently they wanted to</i>

386
00:26:32,465 --> 00:26:34,467
<i>protect small businesses.</i>

387
00:26:34,551 --> 00:26:37,053
<i>We said it would be like in Iceland.</i>

388
00:26:37,137 --> 00:26:39,431
<i>There is no fishing community there anymore,</i>

389
00:26:39,514 --> 00:26:43,435
<i>because several people bought it from fishermen...</i>

390
00:26:44,060 --> 00:26:45,770
<i>all allocations in the country.</i>

391
00:26:46,938 --> 00:26:50,525
<i>REYKJAVIK, ICELAND</i>

392
00:27:03,163 --> 00:27:04,372
<i>That bird sound...</i>

393
00:27:05,165 --> 00:27:07,000
<i>PRESIDENT OF THE FISHING ASSOCIATION</i>

394
00:27:07,083 --> 00:27:10,378
<i>...has for the people of Iceland</i>
<i>special meaning.</i>

395
00:27:10,712 --> 00:27:12,881
<i>We call this calling.</i>

396
00:27:14,382 --> 00:27:17,761
<i>I love listening to it. It's beautiful.</i>

397
00:27:22,515 --> 00:27:24,851
<i>Arthur Bogason was a fisherman his whole life.</i>

398
00:27:24,934 --> 00:27:29,189
<i>This is the most famous one</i>
<i>opponent of allocations in Iceland.</i>

399
00:27:31,149 --> 00:27:35,570
<i>It used to be here</i>
<i>over 1,000 small cutters.</i>

400
00:27:36,905 --> 00:27:41,576
<i>Today, every tenth has survived.</i>

401
00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:43,620
<i>Ten percent.</i>

402
00:27:43,703 --> 00:27:47,791
<i>This part of the sector</i>
<i>private no longer exists.</i>

403
00:27:50,335 --> 00:27:54,089
<i>Iceland also tried</i>
<i>save your cod stocks.</i>

404
00:27:54,172 --> 00:27:57,592
<i>The government has established allocations</i>
<i>for small entrepreneurs</i>

405
00:27:57,675 --> 00:28:02,097
<i>15 years before appearance</i>
<i>this idea in New England.</i>

406
00:28:04,516 --> 00:28:06,142
<i>It was like this.</i>

407
00:28:06,601 --> 00:28:10,522
<i>The government began to tighten limits on cod.</i>

408
00:28:10,980 --> 00:28:14,859
<i>For fishermen with small allocations</i>

409
00:28:14,943 --> 00:28:17,153
<i>that meant the end.</i>

410
00:28:17,237 --> 00:28:19,364
<i>They had to sell the allowances.</i>

411
00:28:19,948 --> 00:28:21,449
<i>They had no choice.</i>

412
00:28:27,956 --> 00:28:30,250
<i>This is my kingdom.</i>

413
00:28:31,835 --> 00:28:35,046
<i>It's a tiny boat, as you can see.</i>

414
00:28:35,588 --> 00:28:39,676
<i>Small Icelandic cutters</i>
<i>they were eliminated from the game one by one.</i>

415
00:28:40,927 --> 00:28:45,432
<i>Their allocations were bought</i>
<i>large, wealthy companies.</i>

416
00:28:46,057 --> 00:28:48,768
<i>It was a typical consolidation:</i>

417
00:28:48,852 --> 00:28:52,731
<i>taking over property and power</i>
<i>by a small group.</i>

418
00:28:53,398 --> 00:28:54,274
<i>At this time,</i>

419
00:28:54,357 --> 00:28:58,653
<i>according to the creators of allocations in Iceland,</i>

420
00:28:58,737 --> 00:29:01,197
<i>the cod population has recovered.</i>

421
00:29:01,281 --> 00:29:04,075
<i>This meant the program was a success.</i>

422
00:29:04,993 --> 00:29:06,619
<i>My name is Ragnar Arnason.</i>

423
00:29:06,703 --> 00:29:10,123
<i>I am a co-creator</i>
<i>this program and an economist.</i>

424
00:29:10,206 --> 00:29:12,375
<i>Natural resources specialist</i>

425
00:29:12,459 --> 00:29:15,420
<i>and an expert in fisheries management techniques.</i>

426
00:29:16,504 --> 00:29:18,465
<i>We were a great success.</i>

427
00:29:18,882 --> 00:29:20,842
<i>Fish stocks have increased.</i>

428
00:29:20,925 --> 00:29:25,889
<i>Fishing income also, and continues to grow.</i>

429
00:29:26,765 --> 00:29:32,061
<i>And that means more capital</i>
<i>for investments.</i>

430
00:29:32,145 --> 00:29:35,857
<i>Due to changes in fishing</i>

431
00:29:35,940 --> 00:29:40,069
<i>economic growth occurred.</i>

432
00:29:47,243 --> 00:29:49,329
<i>We are in the port of Hafnarfjörður.</i>

433
00:29:50,079 --> 00:29:54,459
<i>It's the biggest port</i>
<i>for small boats in the country.</i>

434
00:29:56,127 --> 00:29:58,755
<i>Good morning. How are things?</i>

435
00:29:59,339 --> 00:30:02,634
<i>How did the line fishing go?</i>

436
00:30:03,134 --> 00:30:06,346
<i>Average, but longliners</i>
<i>they got full yesterday.</i>

437
00:30:06,429 --> 00:30:07,388
<i>Okay.</i>

438
00:30:08,348 --> 00:30:13,728
<i>It's pure economics.</i>
<i>It's about increasing profits.</i>

439
00:30:14,729 --> 00:30:19,776
<i>Currently, the profit goes to a select few.</i>

440
00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:22,362
<i>It used to be different.</i>

441
00:30:22,445 --> 00:30:27,575
<i>There were more boats and fishermen.</i>

442
00:30:28,910 --> 00:30:32,080
<i>The consequences of this are indescribable.</i>

443
00:30:33,164 --> 00:30:36,835
<i>Why economists</i>
<i>don't they take this into account?</i>

444
00:30:37,585 --> 00:30:40,421
<i>If economics can do it</i>

445
00:30:40,505 --> 00:30:42,966
<i>and does not take into account all costs</i>

446
00:30:43,049 --> 00:30:46,261
<i>then maybe they should do something else.</i>

447
00:30:51,683 --> 00:30:53,560
<i>Beautiful cod.</i>

448
00:30:54,394 --> 00:30:55,478
<i>See?</i>

449
00:30:58,398 --> 00:31:02,193
<i>The system has its flaws.</i>
<i>It depends on your point of view.</i>

450
00:31:03,570 --> 00:31:08,199
<i>In capitalist terms</i>
<i>it's almost a factory.</i>

451
00:31:09,617 --> 00:31:12,495
<i>Each community must decide</i>

452
00:31:12,996 --> 00:31:15,290
<i>does it want to increase profits</i>

453
00:31:15,373 --> 00:31:18,668
<i>and fight for a place</i>
<i>on international markets</i>

454
00:31:18,751 --> 00:31:22,964
<i>or prefers to cultivate its traditions.</i>

455
00:31:24,424 --> 00:31:28,011
<i>Cave man may be afraid of change</i>

456
00:31:28,094 --> 00:31:31,556
<i>which the invention of the wheel will bring</i>

457
00:31:31,639 --> 00:31:35,602
<i>but does that mean</i>
<i>that it's better not to invent it?</i>

458
00:31:37,103 --> 00:31:39,397
<i>It's a privatization system.</i>

459
00:31:39,689 --> 00:31:43,109
<i>There is no point in pulling the wool over our eyes on this matter.</i>

460
00:31:43,192 --> 00:31:46,821
<i>This is privatization in its purest form.</i>

461
00:31:48,656 --> 00:31:52,410
<i>This will go too far one day</i>

462
00:31:52,493 --> 00:31:55,580
<i>and people will understand</i>
<i>that it's not a good idea.</i>

463
00:31:57,457 --> 00:31:59,542
<i>I once visited New England</i>

464
00:31:59,626 --> 00:32:03,171
<i>with a reading about it </i>
<i>what happened with us.</i>

465
00:32:03,254 --> 00:32:06,925
<i>And now I hear</i>
<i>that you have introduced a similar system.</i>

466
00:32:07,342 --> 00:32:10,261
<i>You'll see what it brings.</i>

467
00:32:10,762 --> 00:32:13,181
<i>Just like we used to.</i>

468
00:32:20,730 --> 00:32:25,485
<i>How could you not have predicted</i>
<i>consequences of introducing quotas?</i>

469
00:32:26,194 --> 00:32:27,779
<i>Any fool can do it.</i>

470
00:32:29,572 --> 00:32:33,076
<i>We were against them from the very beginning.</i>

471
00:32:33,159 --> 00:32:35,578
<i>Everyone knew it was the result</i>

472
00:32:35,662 --> 00:32:38,122
<i>there will be consolidation.</i>

473
00:32:38,873 --> 00:32:40,833
<i>That small companies will collapse one by one.</i>

474
00:32:41,501 --> 00:32:45,546
<i>The assignment system can be secured</i>

475
00:32:45,630 --> 00:32:49,759
<i>before consolidation</i>
<i>which took place in Iceland.</i>

476
00:32:49,842 --> 00:32:54,013
<i>Can be entered</i>
<i>limiting the number of assignments</i>

477
00:32:54,097 --> 00:32:57,392
<i>which would not allow a single entity</i>

478
00:32:57,475 --> 00:33:00,269
<i>to obtain too many allocations</i>

479
00:33:00,687 --> 00:33:06,067
<i>and to take control of the entire fishery.</i>

480
00:33:07,735 --> 00:33:10,029
<i>Fishing Supervisory Board</i>

481
00:33:10,113 --> 00:33:12,699
<i>was intended to limit consolidation.</i>

482
00:33:13,658 --> 00:33:16,536
<i>And the fishermen reprimanded themselves</i>
<i>for your rights in the capital.</i>

483
00:33:17,829 --> 00:33:21,833
<i>We need to take care of this</i>
<i>about our fishermen,</i>

484
00:33:21,916 --> 00:33:23,793
<i>how we take care of our fish.</i>

485
00:33:27,213 --> 00:33:31,259
<i>Ideological management of fisheries</i>

486
00:33:31,342 --> 00:33:35,221
It<i>must end! Once and for all!</i>

487
00:33:37,015 --> 00:33:40,435
<i>Attack opponents feel </i>
<i>that they had no chance.</i>

488
00:33:43,688 --> 00:33:45,773
<i>The fund has a lot of money.</i>

489
00:33:45,857 --> 00:33:49,861
<i>They receive millions from foundations</i>
<i>related to corporations</i>

490
00:33:49,944 --> 00:33:52,989
<i>such as the Walton Family Foundation,</i>
<i>Walmart chain bosses</i>

491
00:33:53,072 --> 00:33:56,951
<i>or foundation</i>
<i>created by the creator of Intel.</i>

492
00:33:58,161 --> 00:34:01,372
<i>They also have support from groups</i>
<i>extreme right</i>

493
00:34:01,456 --> 00:34:06,044
<i>such as the Charles Koch Foundation, which</i>
<i>shares the fund's free-market sympathies.</i>

494
00:34:09,255 --> 00:34:12,800
The <i>Fund also has</i>
<i>access to decision-making entities.</i>

495
00:34:13,342 --> 00:34:16,721
<i>Everyone knows what certain groups have in common</i>

496
00:34:16,804 --> 00:34:20,141
<i>seeking introduction</i>

497
00:34:20,224 --> 00:34:23,352
<i>privatization of fishing grounds</i>

498
00:34:23,436 --> 00:34:27,815
<i>with National Service</i>
<i>Oceanic and Meteorological.</i>

499
00:34:28,566 --> 00:34:33,112
<i>The fund was sharpening its teeth</i>
<i>to the position of head of the Ocean Service,</i>

500
00:34:33,196 --> 00:34:36,032
<i>so the head of all fishing grounds in the country.</i>

501
00:34:36,115 --> 00:34:41,204
<i>Dr. Jane Lubchenco accepted mine</i>
<i>nomination for NSOM Administrator.</i>

502
00:34:41,621 --> 00:34:45,750
<i>Until takeover</i>
<i>this position in 2009...</i>

503
00:34:46,375 --> 00:34:50,546
<i>Jane Lubchenco was</i>
<i>vice president of the fund's supervisory board.</i>

504
00:34:51,923 --> 00:34:55,635
<i>After switching to the budget sector, it was constant</i>
<i>I'm a big fan of assignments</i>

505
00:34:55,718 --> 00:34:58,554
<i>and sought to introduce them</i>
<i>in New England.</i>

506
00:34:59,430 --> 00:35:02,100
<i>We asked her for an interview, but she refused.</i>

507
00:35:02,850 --> 00:35:05,978
<i>The introduction of quotas was her goal</i>

508
00:35:06,062 --> 00:35:08,981
<i>and she did everything to make it happen.</i>

509
00:35:10,942 --> 00:35:14,445
<i>The allocations entered into force in 2010.</i>

510
00:35:15,655 --> 00:35:19,325
<i>We fought for antitrust provisions</i>

511
00:35:19,408 --> 00:35:22,161
<i>and anti-consolidation limits</i>

512
00:35:22,245 --> 00:35:27,583
<i>but they were not taken into account.</i>

513
00:35:29,001 --> 00:35:32,171
<i>Those who could afford</i>
<i>to purchase allowances</i>

514
00:35:32,255 --> 00:35:33,840
<i>they had nothing to complain about.</i>

515
00:35:36,467 --> 00:35:38,594
<i>Carlos Rafael was one of them.</i>

516
00:35:39,345 --> 00:35:44,809
<i>He bought a quarter</i>
<i>the entire New England fishery</i>

517
00:35:45,977 --> 00:35:49,647
<i>and his great fleet set sail</i>
<i>to the wide waters.</i>

518
00:35:52,817 --> 00:35:55,736
<i>For other fishermen</i>
<i>the assignments were a disaster.</i>

519
00:35:57,363 --> 00:36:00,700
<i>It was so bad</i>
<i>as we predicted. Or even worse.</i>

520
00:36:01,325 --> 00:36:05,288
<i>Nothing protected small businesses. </i>
<i>They flew into the abyss.</i>

521
00:36:08,249 --> 00:36:13,504
<i>The effects of introducing allocations</i>
<i>fishermen didn't have to wait long.</i>

522
00:36:14,714 --> 00:36:18,926
<i>We have quantity limits</i>
<i>of a given species that we can catch.</i>

523
00:36:19,010 --> 00:36:22,430
<i>Such limits</i>
<i>We would do it in one day someday.</i>

524
00:36:22,513 --> 00:36:24,140
<i>Up two.</i>

525
00:36:26,017 --> 00:36:28,936
<i>If they catch excess pieces,</i>

526
00:36:29,020 --> 00:36:33,649
<i>they have to buy some back</i>
<i>allotment from another fisherman.</i>

527
00:36:35,985 --> 00:36:39,822
<i>This is our annual cod quota.</i>
<i>In this box.</i>

528
00:36:39,906 --> 00:36:42,283
<i>We'll have to buy everything else</i>

529
00:36:42,366 --> 00:36:43,868
<i>additional allocation.</i>

530
00:36:44,410 --> 00:36:46,370
<i>It's ridiculous that that's all</i>

531
00:36:46,454 --> 00:36:48,873
We are allowed to catch <i>during the year.</i>

532
00:36:48,956 --> 00:36:52,752
<i>We could catch that much with a fishing rod</i>

533
00:36:52,835 --> 00:36:54,378
<i>in one day.</i>

534
00:36:55,838 --> 00:36:58,257
<i>Guys are often afraid to catch something,</i>

535
00:36:58,341 --> 00:37:01,469
<i>for which they do not have an allocation.</i>

536
00:37:01,552 --> 00:37:06,599
<i>We are still afraid that we are</i>
<i>wrong place</i>

537
00:37:06,682 --> 00:37:09,477
<i>and that we will exceed the limit</i>

538
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:11,479
<i>fishing for the wrong things.</i>

539
00:37:11,562 --> 00:37:14,815
<i>Or that there will be no</i>
<i>us money for allocation.</i>

540
00:37:16,067 --> 00:37:18,069
<i>Buying fish to catch them</i>

541
00:37:18,152 --> 00:37:22,156
<i>is as twisted as it gets.</i>

542
00:37:23,241 --> 00:37:26,577
<i>The influence of feeling attributions</i>
<i>you can every day</i>

543
00:37:26,661 --> 00:37:30,414
<i>in every restaurant</i>
<i>and the supermarket of America.</i>

544
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:34,543
<i>You can choose from fish,</i>
<i>but you don't know where they come from.</i>

545
00:37:34,627 --> 00:37:39,215
<i>The government was counting on this</i>
<i>that with less supply, demand will increase.</i>

546
00:37:39,298 --> 00:37:43,261
<i>That fresh seafood will become more expensive.</i>

547
00:37:44,011 --> 00:37:48,182
<i>That the consumer is so strong</i>
<i>wants fresh, American fish</i>

548
00:37:48,307 --> 00:37:52,895
<i>that he will be happy to pay more.</i>

549
00:37:52,979 --> 00:37:55,356
<i>They didn't expect it</i>

550
00:37:55,439 --> 00:37:58,442
<i>that the market will be flooded with imported fish.</i>

551
00:37:58,526 --> 00:38:02,238
<i>Packed with chemicals</i>
<i>and thawed repeatedly.</i>

552
00:38:03,030 --> 00:38:08,286
<i>The decline in demand for the domestic product resulted in</i>

553
00:38:08,369 --> 00:38:10,997
<i>that it started disappearing from the shelves.</i>

554
00:38:12,164 --> 00:38:14,125
<i>There's nothing like fresh fish. </i>

555
00:38:14,208 --> 00:38:16,377
<i>When all the fish are found</i>

556
00:38:16,460 --> 00:38:18,963
<i>in the hands of a privileged few</i>

557
00:38:19,046 --> 00:38:20,715
<i>will become an ordinary product.</i>

558
00:38:20,798 --> 00:38:25,594
<i>A product lacking quality</i>
<i>that people like me cared for.</i>

559
00:38:26,721 --> 00:38:30,558
<i>Cheap, foreign species</i>
<i>tilapie and catfish</i>

560
00:38:30,641 --> 00:38:32,351
<i>take the place of cod</i>

561
00:38:32,435 --> 00:38:35,813
<i>processed in unhygienic conditions.</i>

562
00:38:36,397 --> 00:38:40,609
<i>Imported seafood</i>
<i>do not meet sanitary standards more often</i>

563
00:38:40,693 --> 00:38:43,487
<i>than any other product.</i>

564
00:38:43,571 --> 00:38:45,740
<i>The main reason here is dirt.</i>

565
00:38:46,490 --> 00:38:51,454
<i>These are species,</i>
<i>that can be grown in a bucket.</i>

566
00:38:51,537 --> 00:38:54,874
<i>People eat it and think it's good fish.</i>

567
00:38:54,957 --> 00:38:59,337
<i>And we have a whole ocean of good fish at hand,</i>

568
00:38:59,420 --> 00:39:02,548
<i>that live in the wild.</i>
<i>A great source of food.</i>

569
00:39:05,634 --> 00:39:09,555
<i>Our fishing regulations belong</i>
<i>the sharpest in the world.</i>

570
00:39:09,638 --> 00:39:11,974
<i>Fishing in moderation</i>

571
00:39:12,058 --> 00:39:14,101
<i>and we obey the law.</i>

572
00:39:14,894 --> 00:39:18,064
<i>We care</i>
<i>on the prosperity of the ocean like few others.</i>

573
00:39:29,492 --> 00:39:32,244
<i>I accepted. </i><span style="style_1">Tradition</i><i>stays the course.</i>

574
00:39:34,705 --> 00:39:39,251
<i>Fishermen are exposed</i>
<i>to constant pressure resulting from regulations.</i>

575
00:39:40,086 --> 00:39:44,423
<i>Coast Guard</i>
<i>may inspect without warning.</i>

576
00:39:49,762 --> 00:39:51,972
<i>- How are you?</i>
<i>- Good.</i>

577
00:39:52,598 --> 00:39:55,851
<i>Documents please. Is everyone on board?</i>

578
00:39:55,935 --> 00:39:56,936
<i>Yes.</i>

579
00:39:59,855 --> 00:40:03,943
<i>Nadia only has a valid passport.</i>

580
00:40:05,069 --> 00:40:07,446
<i>What about the gentleman who didn't have...</i>

581
00:40:07,530 --> 00:40:09,240
<i>He's my nephew.</i>

582
00:40:09,615 --> 00:40:13,577
<i>Let him come here and I will write him down.</i>

583
00:40:31,470 --> 00:40:33,055
<i>They are supposed to be safe.</i>

584
00:40:33,139 --> 00:40:35,808
<i>They must have flares and a life raft,</i>

585
00:40:35,891 --> 00:40:37,810
<i>thermal suits and so on.</i>

586
00:40:37,893 --> 00:40:41,605
<i>They are to return home safely.</i>
<i>And fish are another matter.</i>

587
00:40:41,689 --> 00:40:45,109
<i>I have to check</i>
<i>are they fishing legally.</i>

588
00:40:45,192 --> 00:40:48,946
<i>Aren't they breaking any laws?</i>

589
00:40:49,029 --> 00:40:50,865
<i>The guard checks carefully</i>

590
00:40:50,948 --> 00:40:53,492
<i>fish species in the hold...</i>

591
00:40:55,119 --> 00:40:58,038
<i>and the nets with which they fish.</i>

592
00:40:58,330 --> 00:41:01,167
<i>To make sure</i>
<i>that they do not catch fish that are too small.</i>

593
00:41:03,669 --> 00:41:07,006
<i>- Thanks.</i>
<i>- Hang in there. Thank you.</i>

594
00:41:07,506 --> 00:41:09,884
<i>- Good luck. Thanks.</i>
<i>- Good luck.</i>

595
00:41:16,932 --> 00:41:18,601
<i>It's impossible to be bored.</i>

596
00:41:19,727 --> 00:41:22,646
<i>My knees were shaking,</i>
<i>when they came on board.</i>

597
00:41:22,730 --> 00:41:26,025
<i>In moments like these</i>
<i>you hope everything is fine.</i>

598
00:41:26,108 --> 00:41:29,487
<i>I knew we would pass the inspection,</i>

599
00:41:29,570 --> 00:41:32,907
<i>and yet I had chills.</i>

600
00:41:37,411 --> 00:41:40,372
<i>Struggling with regulations every day is one thing,</i>

601
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:45,628
<i>but a specter that threatens</i>
<i>fishermen, it's a more serious matter.</i>

602
00:41:49,715 --> 00:41:52,426
<i>It's still my favorite part of the day.</i>

603
00:41:53,636 --> 00:41:56,138
<i>I love going into the studio</i>

604
00:41:56,222 --> 00:41:59,600
<i>after a tiring morning...</i>

605
00:42:01,727 --> 00:42:03,938
<i>and sew nets.</i>

606
00:42:04,021 --> 00:42:05,814
<i>Every stitch...</i>

607
00:42:06,649 --> 00:42:09,443
<i>the type of web and the shape I am creating...</i>

608
00:42:10,277 --> 00:42:12,571
<i>are art to me.</i>

609
00:42:14,823 --> 00:42:17,701
<i>When did the allocations go in</i>
<i>many didn't have a chance.</i>

610
00:42:17,785 --> 00:42:20,913
<i>The fishing industry has collapsed.</i>

611
00:42:21,872 --> 00:42:25,084
<i>The 150 cutters became 20.</i>

612
00:42:25,167 --> 00:42:27,002
<i>A few years were enough.</i>

613
00:42:32,258 --> 00:42:34,885
<i>I once had a helper.</i>

614
00:42:38,305 --> 00:42:40,808
<i>I can't afford it now.</i>

615
00:42:41,225 --> 00:42:42,518
<i>It's not worth it.</i>

616
00:42:42,601 --> 00:42:44,562
<i>Sometimes I hire someone for a while.</i>

617
00:42:45,396 --> 00:42:49,817
<i>Steve Welch is a fisherman</i>
<i>in and around Plymouth Harbor</i>

618
00:42:49,900 --> 00:42:51,485
<i>for over 30 years.</i>

619
00:42:52,111 --> 00:42:56,740
<i>His boat is the only one</i>
<i>has a bottom fishing permit.</i>

620
00:42:57,908 --> 00:43:02,663
<i>Since the introduction of quotas</i>
<i>my turnover dropped by almost 90%.</i>

621
00:43:03,247 --> 00:43:04,665
<i>It's a joke. Scam.</i>

622
00:43:04,748 --> 00:43:09,628
<i>The public good has become a commodity.</i>

623
00:43:09,712 --> 00:43:12,339
<i>They're our fish!</i>

624
00:43:12,423 --> 00:43:16,093
<i>They do not belong to me or Carlos Rafael.</i>

625
00:43:16,510 --> 00:43:20,055
<i>It's the common good,</i>
<i>which were appropriated by the allotment holders.</i>

626
00:43:23,225 --> 00:43:26,562
<i>Demersal fisheries</i>
<i>in New England they'll barely survive,</i>

627
00:43:26,770 --> 00:43:31,233
<i>but it would have been over long ago,</i>

628
00:43:31,317 --> 00:43:33,777
<i>if we had not introduced this program.</i>

629
00:43:36,155 --> 00:43:39,074
<i>And the fund? It's all because of them.</i>

630
00:43:40,367 --> 00:43:42,119
<i>They...</i>

631
00:43:43,704 --> 00:43:46,165
<i>I have no words.</i>

632
00:43:47,750 --> 00:43:49,877
<i>They live in a fairy-tale land.</i>

633
00:43:51,045 --> 00:43:54,089
<i>In your own world.</i>
<i>They have their own meetings.</i>

634
00:43:54,173 --> 00:43:56,425
<i>They have no idea how the world works.</i>

635
00:43:57,635 --> 00:44:00,638
<i>Look what Carlos Rafael is doing.</i>

636
00:44:01,639 --> 00:44:03,891
<i>We have evidence against the claim</i>

637
00:44:03,974 --> 00:44:07,978
<i>that possession brings care.</i>

638
00:44:08,062 --> 00:44:09,438
<i>It's plain to see.</i>

639
00:44:10,522 --> 00:44:14,693
<i>If property rights</i>
<i>aroused respect in people</i>

640
00:44:14,777 --> 00:44:18,989
<i>there would be no topic about Carlos Rafael.</i>

641
00:44:19,990 --> 00:44:22,242
<i>CARLOS</i>
<i>SEAFOOD</i>

642
00:44:22,326 --> 00:44:27,122
<i>It turned out that</i>
<i>he didn't just buy up the allowances,</i>

643
00:44:27,206 --> 00:44:29,416
<i>but he simply cheated from the beginning.</i>

644
00:44:29,792 --> 00:44:31,877
<i>In 2015</i>

645
00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:35,089
<i>federal agents recorded Rafael</i>

646
00:44:35,172 --> 00:44:37,049
<i>when he explained his plan.</i>

647
00:44:37,132 --> 00:44:39,885
<i>He lied about the amount of fish he caught,</i>

648
00:44:39,968 --> 00:44:42,137
<i>falsified government reports</i>

649
00:44:42,221 --> 00:44:46,433
<i>and smuggled</i>
<i>currency to Portugal by air.</i>

650
00:44:46,809 --> 00:44:48,727
<i>I'll carry this cash.</i>

651
00:44:48,811 --> 00:44:51,146
<i>I have a guest in Boston.</i>

652
00:44:51,230 --> 00:44:54,858
<i>Fucking fedzio. This is my buddy.</i>

653
00:44:54,942 --> 00:44:58,195
<i>He'll handle the money during check-in.</i>

654
00:44:59,863 --> 00:45:03,742
<i>He was charged with 23 charges</i>
<i>exceeding quotas</i>

655
00:45:03,826 --> 00:45:06,829
<i>cash smuggling and tax crimes.</i>

656
00:45:08,497 --> 00:45:12,084
<i>Severe storm front.</i>
<i>It's a rarity this time of year.</i>

657
00:45:12,626 --> 00:45:14,336
<i>It looks ominous.</i>

658
00:45:15,712 --> 00:45:17,089
<i>Rafael falls on all fours.</i>

659
00:45:17,881 --> 00:45:20,217
<i>He thought he was untouchable.</i>

660
00:45:20,300 --> 00:45:21,802
<i>ERIC BIRKILAD</i>
<i>RESIDENT</i>

661
00:45:21,885 --> 00:45:24,221
<i>He found a loophole</i>

662
00:45:24,471 --> 00:45:27,725
<i>and wanted to use her.</i>

663
00:45:28,809 --> 00:45:30,811
<i>But he became too greedy.</i>

664
00:45:31,353 --> 00:45:34,565
<i>The Man Called Cod Godmother</i>

665
00:45:34,648 --> 00:45:37,901
<i>pleaded guilty to over 20 charges.</i>

666
00:45:38,444 --> 00:45:40,821
<i>In March 2017</i>

667
00:45:40,904 --> 00:45:44,074
<i>the news broke in the local media</i>

668
00:45:44,575 --> 00:45:46,827
<i>that Dorsz pleads guilty to the charges.</i>

669
00:45:46,910 --> 00:45:48,162
<i>"GODDAMN COD"</i>
<i>GUILTY</i>

670
00:45:49,121 --> 00:45:51,165
<i>After years of accumulating power</i>

671
00:45:51,623 --> 00:45:54,334
<i>Raphael's empire was in ruins,</i>

672
00:45:54,418 --> 00:45:57,880
<i>and his assignments</i>
<i>could be bought by anyone who wanted.</i>

673
00:45:58,297 --> 00:46:03,469
<i>New Bedford fishermen trembled</i>
<i>thinking about what will happen now.</i>

674
00:46:03,677 --> 00:46:05,971
<i>If this fleet is lost,</i>

675
00:46:06,054 --> 00:46:11,143
<i>and Rafael will lose his assignments,</i>

676
00:46:11,226 --> 00:46:15,814
<i>then someone from outside the area can buy them.</i>

677
00:46:18,275 --> 00:46:20,235
<i>If his company goes bankrupt...</i>

678
00:46:21,153 --> 00:46:26,158
<i>this will entail</i>
<i>city port and my company.</i>

679
00:46:28,327 --> 00:46:29,703
<i>Fuel industry</i>

680
00:46:30,329 --> 00:46:32,122
<i>food industry</i>

681
00:46:32,206 --> 00:46:37,044
<i>electronic service, engineers.</i>

682
00:46:37,544 --> 00:46:40,964
<i>Welders and a shipyard that repairs cutters.</i>

683
00:46:41,048 --> 00:46:44,051
<i>Everything went to hell. The entire sector.</i>

684
00:46:44,510 --> 00:46:47,471
<i>One guest,</i>
<i>owner of the majority of assignments</i>

685
00:46:47,554 --> 00:46:51,266
<i>in New England, he screwed everything up here.</i>

686
00:46:51,350 --> 00:46:55,103
<i>I don't know what will happen now,</i>
<i>but probably nothing good.</i>

687
00:46:55,187 --> 00:46:56,522
<i>Nobody knows what to do.</i>

688
00:46:58,857 --> 00:47:02,778
<i>Crimes of Carlos Rafael</i>
<i>they caused quite a stir in New Bedford.</i>

689
00:47:03,862 --> 00:47:07,699
<i>The Fund says</i>
<i>that it was the lack of supervision that allowed him to act.</i>

690
00:47:08,325 --> 00:47:12,913
<i>According to others</i>
<i>Rafael is a harbinger of bigger problems.</i>

691
00:47:13,455 --> 00:47:16,875
<i>The government has prepared</i>
<i>system encouraging vertical integration</i>

692
00:47:16,959 --> 00:47:18,043
<i>and consolidation.</i>

693
00:47:21,922 --> 00:47:25,467
<i>Was it predictable</i>
<i>that we won't stop consolidation?</i>

694
00:47:25,551 --> 00:47:26,927
<i>Certainly.</i>

695
00:47:27,010 --> 00:47:30,180
<i>We were expecting her...</i>

696
00:47:31,056 --> 00:47:32,599
<i>and we have it.</i>

697
00:47:34,142 --> 00:47:38,230
<i>Only now</i>
<i>they started talking about quota limits.</i>

698
00:47:38,856 --> 00:47:41,733
<i>Let's hope that they will come into force.</i>

699
00:47:41,817 --> 00:47:45,654
<i>They weren't in the New England system,</i>

700
00:47:45,737 --> 00:47:47,114
<i>which I consider a mistake.</i>

701
00:47:47,197 --> 00:47:49,950
<i>Lying bastards. Bunch of liars.</i>

702
00:47:50,033 --> 00:47:53,829
<i>Fund against consolidation? Sure.</i>

703
00:47:53,912 --> 00:47:54,913
<i>For sure.</i>

704
00:47:54,997 --> 00:47:59,501
<i>Most of the cutters are gone.</i>
<i>Maybe that's what the fund wanted.</i>

705
00:47:59,960 --> 00:48:02,045
<i>They have some hidden agenda</i>

706
00:48:02,129 --> 00:48:05,674
<i>and they won't give up because someone pays them for it.</i>

707
00:48:05,757 --> 00:48:09,803
<i>They don't get money</i>
<i>for truthfulness or concern for fishermen.</i>

708
00:48:11,638 --> 00:48:16,476
<i>They take money from big corporations</i>
<i>to "create a better tomorrow".</i>

709
00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:19,354
<i>I wonder if their conscience is bothering them.</i>

710
00:48:22,107 --> 00:48:26,069
<i>Carlos Rafael is no longer</i>
<i>biggest threat</i>

711
00:48:26,153 --> 00:48:28,405
<i>for owners of small cutters.</i>

712
00:48:29,031 --> 00:48:32,659
<i>The new enemy is much more powerful.</i>

713
00:48:33,160 --> 00:48:35,329
<i>Previously we had privatization,</i>

714
00:48:35,412 --> 00:48:39,499
<i>which was to reward hardworking fishermen.</i>

715
00:48:39,583 --> 00:48:43,462
<i>Recently, a new fashion has emerged:</i>

716
00:48:43,629 --> 00:48:45,923
<i>"Let's invite Wall Street to play."</i>

717
00:48:47,007 --> 00:48:50,886
<i>The Fund actively encourages financiers</i>

718
00:48:50,969 --> 00:48:52,679
<i>to invest in local fisheries.</i>

719
00:48:54,681 --> 00:48:56,600
<i>And we know how investments end</i>

720
00:48:56,683 --> 00:49:00,187
<i>investors seeking profit from the fishery.</i>

721
00:49:00,270 --> 00:49:03,148
<i>They start selling fishing rights to those</i>

722
00:49:03,231 --> 00:49:05,400
<i>who make a living from it.</i>

723
00:49:05,484 --> 00:49:08,070
<i>We are slowly adopting the model</i>

724
00:49:08,153 --> 00:49:10,947
<i>corporate fishing ground</i>

725
00:49:11,031 --> 00:49:13,450
<i>and the people we called fishermen</i>

726
00:49:13,825 --> 00:49:17,120
<i>change</i>
<i>in harvesters paying with crops.</i>

727
00:49:18,288 --> 00:49:22,793
<i>I don't think so</i>
<i>so that the average fisherman benefits from it.</i>

728
00:49:22,876 --> 00:49:25,796
<i>But this is the new fashion.</i>

729
00:49:27,964 --> 00:49:32,219
<i>Last year</i>
<i>international capital group</i>

730
00:49:32,302 --> 00:49:35,555
She <i>spent millions of dollars in New Bedford</i>

731
00:49:35,639 --> 00:49:38,225
<i>for clam fishing and fishing permits.</i>

732
00:49:38,975 --> 00:49:41,978
<i>Fishermen are afraid</i>
<i>that their fishing grounds will be next.</i>

733
00:49:42,646 --> 00:49:47,067
<i>There are still too many of us.</i>
<i>They want to get rid of everyone.</i>

734
00:49:47,651 --> 00:49:50,737
<i>So they will continue to allow</i>
<i>to consolidate allocations</i>

735
00:49:50,821 --> 00:49:53,990
<i>in the hands of a select few</i>

736
00:49:54,074 --> 00:49:57,536
<i>and then someone will drop a penny like in Alaska.</i>

737
00:49:58,495 --> 00:50:00,205
<i>That's what they want.</i>

738
00:50:00,288 --> 00:50:02,374
<i>And the consumer suffers.</i>

739
00:50:07,546 --> 00:50:11,508
<i>We use this network for research</i>

740
00:50:11,591 --> 00:50:13,760
<i>number of species.</i>

741
00:50:14,386 --> 00:50:17,264
<i>These are flounder. And that's a stingray.</i>

742
00:50:18,140 --> 00:50:19,725
<i>Oh, cod.</i>

743
00:50:20,308 --> 00:50:23,395
<i>Fishermen cooperate with the Ocean Service,</i>

744
00:50:23,478 --> 00:50:27,649
<i>to improve fish recording methods</i>
<i>and they are counting on the limits to be raised,</i>

745
00:50:28,233 --> 00:50:31,862
<i>but they still remain</i>
<i>at the mercy of the global market.</i>

746
00:50:32,904 --> 00:50:36,241
<i>America has specific regulations regarding</i>

747
00:50:36,324 --> 00:50:39,453
<i>catching and processing fish.</i>

748
00:50:40,579 --> 00:50:42,748
<i>This system is flawed.</i>

749
00:50:42,831 --> 00:50:46,460
<i>Other countries fish wherever they want</i>

750
00:50:46,543 --> 00:50:48,628
<i>and they raise fish as they like.</i>

751
00:50:48,712 --> 00:50:51,381
<i>Our regulations do not apply to them</i>

752
00:50:51,465 --> 00:50:55,469
<i>and we are happy to import</i>
<i>fish for our market...</i>

753
00:50:56,511 --> 00:50:58,138
<i>of unknown origin.</i>

754
00:51:02,476 --> 00:51:06,438
<i>This uncertainty is a dark cloud</i>
<i>over the fate of the American fisherman</i>

755
00:51:06,855 --> 00:51:11,318
<i>and over our access</i>
<i>for fresh seafood.</i>

756
00:51:14,571 --> 00:51:17,741
<i>The road is also changing</i>
<i>to leave </i><span style="style_2">"</i><i>to your own place</i><span style="style_2">"</i>

757
00:51:17,824 --> 00:51:19,868
<i>in fishing.</i>

758
00:51:21,203 --> 00:51:24,414
<i>We used to start on a small boat.</i>

759
00:51:24,498 --> 00:51:26,625
<i>We became skippers,</i>

760
00:51:26,708 --> 00:51:29,252
<i>then we bought half of this boat,</i>

761
00:51:29,336 --> 00:51:30,837
<i>and then your own cutter.</i>

762
00:51:32,547 --> 00:51:35,425
<i>You could go up.</i>

763
00:51:36,802 --> 00:51:39,387
<i>Now, with prohibitive allocation prices,</i>

764
00:51:39,930 --> 00:51:43,141
<i>this path no longer exists.</i>

765
00:51:52,109 --> 00:51:53,902
<i>Traditional fishing science</i>

766
00:51:53,985 --> 00:51:57,489
<i>just like my father and grandfather learned,</i>

767
00:51:57,572 --> 00:51:59,449
<i>was forgotten.</i>

768
00:52:01,701 --> 00:52:04,663
<i>We don't know what awaits us next year.</i>

769
00:52:04,746 --> 00:52:07,374
<i>We don't know if we will be allowed to sail,</i>

770
00:52:07,457 --> 00:52:10,460
<i>and what fish we will be able to catch.</i>

771
00:52:13,129 --> 00:52:16,883
<i>It is therefore difficult for us to make important decisions.</i>

772
00:52:18,593 --> 00:52:22,639
<i>What will happen in 20 years? I'm afraid of it.</i>

773
00:52:30,438 --> 00:52:32,357
<i>Is this for me or for the dogs?</i>

774
00:52:32,440 --> 00:52:34,317
<i>For dogs.</i>

775
00:52:39,489 --> 00:52:42,701
<i>I would like to pass this on to my child</i>

776
00:52:42,784 --> 00:52:45,871
<i>just like father did,</i>
<i>and before him his grandfather.</i>

777
00:52:47,497 --> 00:52:49,416
<i>You want some yellowtails, dad?</i>

778
00:52:49,916 --> 00:52:51,084
<i>Yes, great.</i>

779
00:52:54,170 --> 00:52:57,173
<i>He's my boss. And my dad!</i>

780
00:53:02,387 --> 00:53:06,641
<i>We would like to,</i>
<i>so that rule makers understand us.</i>

781
00:53:06,725 --> 00:53:10,687
<i>That's what I want –</i>
<i>for someone to listen to us.</i>

782
00:53:10,770 --> 00:53:11,938
<i>CUTTER OWNER</i>

783
00:53:12,022 --> 00:53:14,399
<i>We don't have academic degrees</i>

784
00:53:14,482 --> 00:53:17,277
<i>but we know our craft.</i>

785
00:53:18,528 --> 00:53:21,865
<i>Currently in every third American fishery</i>

786
00:53:21,948 --> 00:53:24,659
<i>the allocation system works.</i>

787
00:53:25,201 --> 00:53:28,496
<i>Even though each of the fishermen</i>
<i>has another idea how to fix it</i>

788
00:53:28,580 --> 00:53:30,665
<i>almost everyone is in favor of the introduction</i>

789
00:53:30,749 --> 00:53:33,335
<i>restrictions on holding allowances.</i>

790
00:53:33,710 --> 00:53:37,255
<i>Meanwhile, the fund continues to pursue</i>

791
00:53:37,339 --> 00:53:40,425
<i>for the privatization of further fishing grounds.</i>

792
00:53:41,676 --> 00:53:43,887
<i>People should care about this.</i>

793
00:53:43,970 --> 00:53:46,848
<i>We could do it differently</i>

794
00:53:46,932 --> 00:53:52,437
<i>and we allow it</i>
<i>so that this huge theft remains unpunished</i>

795
00:53:52,520 --> 00:53:54,773
<i>and we all lose from it.</i>

796
00:53:54,856 --> 00:53:58,234
<i>And all this under the guise of helping the fish.</i>

797
00:53:58,568 --> 00:54:02,030
<i>It's obvious that she's not what they care about.</i>

798
00:54:03,490 --> 00:54:07,827
<i>Discussion ongoing</i>
<i>about the privatization of not only fishing grounds</i>

799
00:54:07,911 --> 00:54:09,955
<i>but entire oceans.</i>

800
00:54:10,455 --> 00:54:13,458
<i>It's an alternative vision of the future.</i>

801
00:54:14,125 --> 00:54:15,585
<i>The future.</i>

802
00:54:16,878 --> 00:54:18,171
<i>She's what this is about.</i>

803
00:54:26,262 --> 00:54:30,225
<i>Subtitles: Maciej Zapała</i>