CLEARLAKE, Calif. – “The End of the Line,” Second Sunday Cinema’s free film for Sept. 9, is a compelling documentary on the scary results of over-fishing by factory fishing boats all over the planet’s oceans.

If things continue as they are now, many experts predict that the oceans will be fished out by 2048.

Considering that fish are the major source of protein for over a billion of the world’s inhabitants, this is something that needs our urgent attention and action.

Some might ask, well, if we just stop industrialized fishing operations, won’t the fish quickly rebound?

Not necessarily.

Within the last quarter century, there were vast schools of cod off the Newfoundland coast. Due to plummeting numbers, fishing for cod was made illegal there a few years ago.

But this has has proved to be too little to late. Cod have not rebounded. There are too few at this point to reliably find each other to reproduce, and drag-trawling in many places scrapes the sea floor clean, destroying fish nurseries.

But on a positive note, this film tells us how we each, as individuals, can make a positive difference in the fate of many edible fish species.

As always, Second Sunday Cinema’s venue is the Clearlake United Methodist Church at 14521 Pearl Ave, in Clearlake.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; the film will start at 6 p.m.

The film is completely free.

For more information, call Shannon Tolson at 707-889-7355.