Visit Your Local PBS Station PBS Home PBS Home Programs A-Z TV Schedules Watch Video Support PBS Shop PBS Search PBS

Superfish
Video: Behind-the-Scenes Challenges

Rick Rosenthal discusses the challenges he faced during the two-year process of making “Superfish.”

Get the Flash Player to see the wordTube Media Player.
Tags: , ,

   Print    Email    comments (6)

(19 votes)
Loading ... Loading ...
6 responses
MF -- July 29th, 2008 at 3:30 pm

I saw this program when it was first aired in May and thought it was the best video of billfish I have ever seen. Please advise when it is available on DVD.

glklevens -- July 20th, 2009 at 2:00 am

After 20 some years diving and working in Hawaiian waters I spent 3 minutes with a billfish. The most fascinating 3 minutes I have ever had. I have seen the huge changes in the oceans here in Hawaii regarding the fish counts and can sympathize greatly with Rick regarding what happens as a result of overfishing and fishing just for trophy. These big fish need to stay in our waters if we are to see future generations. Thanks for your wonderful story.

Diann -- July 20th, 2009 at 1:54 pm

I am doing this for a friend. He has a question about part of your footage. The part where you went in the water with the red devil squid. you filmed something else and it wasn’t a squid or fish. It looked like a large animal with a large head, long body, and four paddle like fins. The animal is just left to the squid but much farther down. This sounds strange but it apears to be about the size of a whale.

Greg T -- July 23rd, 2009 at 9:07 pm

Will never eat swordfish again. Where was the film shot showing the carnage of Billfish, cutting shark fins taken? Something Homboldt is all I could gather. Please let me know

P. McNamee -- July 26th, 2009 at 4:49 pm

Unbelievably beautiful footage & documentary!!
Would be a terrible tragedy to lose this specie
(billfish)entirely!

Bonnie -- July 26th, 2009 at 11:03 pm

What fabulous footage of the Billfish! I have never been a fan of eating fish, and this film confirms what I have always thought-we need to start preserving what is left in the Earth’s oceans.

post a comment
Please note that the THIRTEEN editorial staff reserves the right to not post comments it deems to be inappropriate and/or malicious in nature, as well as edit comments for length, clarity and fairness. No solicitations or advertisements will be allowed. Users may link to other Web sites relevant to discussion, but most often links to commercial Web sites will not be permitted.

Produced by THIRTEEN    ©2009 Educational Broadcasting Corporation. All rights reserved.

Major corporate support for Nature is provided by SC Johnson, Canon, CPB.