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Far-Eastern Fishman Studio was registered in December 1996 by Press Committee of the Russian Federation. The founder is Charitable Public Foundation of Rescue of Kamchatka Salmon.

The purpose of its making is forming of an active wide public opinion concerning problems of conservation and rational use of biological resources in the northern part of the Pacific Ocean. The first film which was made by the team of the future Studio in March 1995, had a symbolic name--"About fisherman and fish" and was dedicated to the problem of pollock of the Okhotsk sea, which is the basic object of fishing of one of the biggest fishing expeditions in the world, the total harvest of which was two millions tones of fish. Pollock has become a really goldfish for Russian fishermen, though about ten years ago pollock did not have any value for them--there was a lot of fish in those years besides pollock. But years have changed the attitude to this species of fish. But these years did not changed the attitude of fishermen to the problem of conservation of fish stock and Russian fisherman still trust to Russian "Perhaps" and for big earnings he is ready to waste fish which feeds himself, his children and grandchildren.

In the film "Chronicle of fishery century" we tried to analyze the forming of such attitude to fishing riches during centenary history of fishing industry of the Far East. And conclusion was not comforting--Russian fisherman does not feel himself as holder in his waters, and that is why he does not think about the conservation of fishing stocks, though this holder arisen in many people who gave the best years of his life to fishery profession.

In the series of videofilms "Polygon of Okhotsk sea"--"Destiny of big fleet", "Russian, Russian...", "Donut hole", "Hole of bagel"--we study national aspects of problem of conservation of fishing stocks of international poaching in opened part of Okhotsk sea--in "hole of bagel" as Russian fishermen call it, and of Bering sea--"Donut hole" as American call this opened part.

The most interest of Far-Eastern viewers provoked the series of films "Crab fever" ("Crabtrust", "Last Emperor", "Rules of game", "Criminal stories", "Catastrophe") about the causes for demolition of unique stocks of crab in Kamchatka by Russian fishermen. Films of Far-Eastern Fishery Studio were broadcasted by TV companies of Kamchatka, Primorskiy and Khabarovskiy regions, Sakhalin and Koryakskiy Autonomous area.

We (Sergey I. Vakhrin--the editor-in-chief and the author of idea, the member of Russian Union of Cinematographers; producer--Valeriy Gorbikov; cameraman--Vyacheslav Murashko) were rewarded with the main prize in theme "Publicistic Programmes" at International Festival of Televisual Films and Programmes "Man and Sea" for a series of films "Crab fever", "Polygon of the Okhotsk sea" and for film "Who needs it-this Vaska?" (about the problems of conservation of sea-lions).

We make copies of our films to those who is interested in.

The films of the Studio:

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