Steve Amen

Would a Ban Work?

Steve talks with Steve Amen, producer of PBS’s Frontline documentary “To the Last Fish.” Amen says a UN ban on large driftnets probably wouldn’t put an end to the practice, although it would reduce the market for fish caught by renegade countries.

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