On Tuesday, February 25th, the Department of Environmental Health hosted a film screening of the award-winning documentary, Until the End of the World, which examines the environmental and community impacts of fish farming. The screening was followed by a panel discussion and lively Q&A featuring filmmaker Francesco De Augustinis, as well as Alessandro Bocconcelli, Matthew Hayek, Doug Frantz, and Catherine Collins, and moderated by Eva Douzinas, President of the Rauch Foundation. 

Fish farming is the fastest growing sector of food production, often described as the sustainable answer for food security. Aquaculture attracts billions in public and private investment, which has led to the growth and expansion of fish farming projects in countries like Greece, Chile, and Argentina, with impacts to oceans felt in places as far away as Senegal and Antartica.

Petros Koutrakis, Professor of Environmental Health, introduced the film, drawing a parallel between the rise of industrial agriculture in the last century, and this century’s growth of aquaculture.