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Louise Gray from the Telegraph writing that Ten Danson predicts that a new film about the overfishing of the oceans will turn ordinary consumers into activists against eating endangered species of fish.

Described as the “Inconvenient Truth of the Oceans”, the End of the Line warns that if overfishing continues, there will be no more seafood by 2048 – threatening many areas of the world with starvation. In the new film former Daily Telegraph journalist Charles Clover confronts the politicians who have failed to stop overfishing and the celebrity restaurateurs who continue to serve endangered species like bluefin tuna.

At one point it is revealed that restaurant chain Nobu, whose customers have included Brad Pitt and Kate Moss, has repeatedly refused to stop serving bluefin although it now advises diners the dish is “environmentally challenged”.

Ted Danson, the Cheers actor and founder of Oceana, the largest international group focused solely on ocean conservation, predicted the film will make ordinary people so angry they will be turned into activists against non sustainably-sourced fish.

The film, selected for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, features indigenous fishermen, top scientists and campaigners all around the world, from the coasts of Senegal to the Tokyo fish market and Senegal.

Mr Danson said more people need to be made aware of the threat of overfishing. “This is not the environmental alarmist. We, conceivably could fish out our oceans in the next 40 or 50 years,” he said. “This is science.”

The End of the Line will premiered at cinemas across the UK on World Ocean Day on the 8th June.