Dispose of your Fishing Line
Channel: Joshua Dick
Date: 2014-07-13

Discarded fishing line often presents a danger to marine life. Fortunately, there are easy and responsible ways to dispose of and recycle fishing line correctly.

I created this short film in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Eagle Rank in Boy Scouts. Please feel free to use it in your classroom, with your civic group, or just send it to your fishing friends. Fish, birds, and marine mammals really do need us to act responsibly. 

Thank you for watching.

A film by Joshua Dick
writer, director, producer, narrator

Production team:
David Dick- videography, grip, rough edit
Glyn Brown- image research, script consultation, lighting
Emily Branco- second unit videography
Avary Scott- postproduction

With generous assistance:
Production consultation - Jeff Harris, SkillQ, Inc.
Concept development - Chris Verlinde, UF/IFAS Florida Sea Grant Extension

Additional Image Research:
Caleb Dick
Jares Doverspike
Hunter Musil

Script Consultation:
Julie Reynolds, DVM
Darrin Dantin, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Pete Della Ratta, Coastal Conservation Association


Image & Music Credits:

"When Tomorrow Comes", by ccMixter User "Loveshadow"
2010 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)  http://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/29579

Fish, by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
http://mrrp.myfwc.com/photo-gallery/other-sea-life/fish.aspx

Sterna maxima and fishing line 2, by Wikimedia user "Korall"
2010 -- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) Unported.  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sterna_maxima_and_fishing_line_2.jpg

"Burdened Snapper", by Flickr user Stephen Durrenberger
2011 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (2.0)  https://www.flickr.com/photos/shrinksteve/6127519960/in/photolist-dxgWxj-akt9cS-ceaRB9

Dead Manatee 2, by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.  http://mrrp.myfwc.com/photo-gallery/manatees/dead-manatee-2.aspx

Inside Dolphin, by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.  http://mrrp.myfwc.com/photo-gallery/dolphins/inside-dolphin.aspx

Dolphin-line, by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.  http://mrrp.myfwc.com/photo-gallery/dolphins/dolphin-line.aspx

"Monofilament Collection 1" and "Monofilament Collection 2" by Emily Branco.  Used by permission of the photographer.  All rights reserved.