17th Annual International Ocean Film Festival

Innovations in Ocean Sustainability Program - 5 films

Expired August 17, 2020 6:45 AM
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Innovations in Ocean Sustainability Program (TRT: 80 min)


  1. Warty Sea Cucumbers: A Story of Collaboration in California - Christi Cooper & Liz Smith, USA, 6
  2. Stories from the Blue: Million Waves Project - NOAA, USA, 6 min
  3. Dick Ogg: Fisherman - Cynthia Abbott, USA, 9 min
  4. ECO-Drone - Michael Hanrahan, USA, 10 min
  5. Future Planning Trilogy: Blue Green War Part 1 - Woo-gwang Hwang, South Korea, 49 min

Warty Sea Cucumbers: A Story of Collaboration in California - 6 min

World Premiere

Its repugnant moniker belies its bumpy beauty: a diminutive amber-to-ruby-to-sable colored tubular marine invertebrate, highly prized as an Asian culinary delight. Sea cukes cultivate the ocean floor, devouring debris like earthworms, recycling nutrients into the water column. Though overfishing has devastated some populations, California fishing communities and agency biologists work to recover and manage these treasures.

  • Year
    2019
  • Runtime
    6 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    World
  • Producer
    Christi Cooper, Liz Smith
  • Executive Producer
    Dirk Rosen, Natasha Benjamin