Ahoy mateys, and a happy new year to ye. I celebrated me holidays with some good booty — givin’ and receivin’ — and some pirate-style parrrtying. Here’s hopin’ ye did the same.

And now that we be recovered from our rum-induced stupor, I’ve got news of an oceans-related documentary airing on PBS tonight. Part of the Independent Lens series, which also brought you Two Square Miles, the film A Fish Story goes behind the scenes to chat with politicians, environmentalists, journalists, and fisherfolk about the conflicts we face when human needs and those of the environment collide.

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From the Fish Story website:

A Fish Story is the tale of two women who lead their communities in a battle for control of the ocean. Angela Sanfilippo of Gloucester, Mass., and Shareen Davis of Chatham, Mass., were born into fishing families and married men who continue to make a living from the sea. Fishing defines who they are and has sustained their communities for generations. But their way of life is threatened when a powerful coalition of national environmental groups file a lawsuit that could put hundreds of fishermen out of business. Three hundred years of fishing tradition and the health of the ocean hangs in the balance.

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The film will air tonight at 10 p.m. on PBS. (Check your local listings to be sure.) As always, the PBS site has plenty of behind-the-scenes backstory as well as previews of the film.