向深海出发（2008）

this is the place where the technological advances
这个地方技术发展
are going to have the most impact.
成为主要的影响
NARRATOR:And that impact is particularly felt by an iconic species
对于地中海的标志性物种
of the Mediterranean, the Atlantic blue fin tuna.
还有大西洋的金枪鱼 冲击特别大
PHILIPPE: They're pretty incredible animals.
这些都是罕见的动物
They're fast, they're warm- blooded,
他们快 他们是暖血动物
one of the few fish that are warm- blooded
世界上少有这种动物
so they're very complex, very interesting animals.
所以他们很复杂 是有趣的动物
And they're ocean- roaming, all over the world,
他们全世界到处环游
and they're very highly prized.
得到了高度的评价
NARRATOR:The value of the estimated total blue fin tuna catch in the Med
地中海对蓝绪金枪鱼的捕捉
is around ?00 million.
每年估价达到4亿英磅
This has triggered the rise in industrial fishing.
引发了捕鱼的热潮
Philippe and marine biologist Tooni are heading off to investigate
菲利普和托腻正在前往调查
one of the more recent developments in the harvesting of this sea, a tuna farm.
近代这个地方金枪鱼业 的发展情况
It almost looks like a kind of rubberised pen
就像是橡胶铅笔一样
you'd see at an amusement park for people to go splash around in.
看到人们在公园里玩
This is going to be full of tuna.
这肯定是金枪鱼
And ironically enough, this is pretty much the only place
具有讽刺意义的是 这个地方也是唯一的一个
I'm ever going to see such large schools.
看到这么大的一座学校
PHILIPPE:Any more. Any more.
没有了 没有了
NARRATOR:There are now over 40 offshore tuna farms in the Mediterranean.
在地中海有接近40个 离岸金枪鱼加工厂
RICHARD:One, go for it.
找到一个 去看看
Go for it.
好
TOONI:Just look at the size of the net, it's huge.
看看这网多大
PHILIPPE:In one way,
也可以说
I was really looking forward to seeing these tuna
我想看看这些金枪鱼
because I've never gotten to see them before in the wild.
因为我没有看过野生的
But seeing them swimming in circle after circle, over and over...
看到他们在水中 一圈又一圈地游动
TOONI:Yeah.
是的
NARRATOR:20- 30,000 tons are caught each summer
每个夏季有两三万吨♥被捕捉
in vast dragnets and towed to the tuna farms.
这种巨大的拖网和成堆的金枪鱼
PHILIPPE:Well, these tuna have just recently been caught.
这些金枪鱼是最近被抓的
They'll be fed regularly to fatten them up
正常喂养他们 为了养肥
and then once they've reached a certain size,
一旦到了一定的重量
about 2- 300 kilograms,
到了两三百千克
they'll be taken to the mainland where they'll be shipped to Japan.
被送往内地 运送到日本
NARRATOR:These wild blue fin tuna have migrated here from the Atlantic Ocean
这些野生的蓝绪金枪鱼是 从大西洋移植到这这里的
to spawn in the warmer waters.
因为这里的海水温和
They swim with their mouths open to force water over their gills.
他们张开嘴巴游泳 迫使水从他们的鱼鳃流过
If they stop, they suffocate.
如果停下来 它们就会窒息死
TOONI:Look at that blue stripe.
看看这蓝条纹
That's what gives them their name, blue fin tuna.
这就是他们名字的来由
PHILIPPE:It's a beautiful blue colour.
漂亮的颜色
NARRATOR:This farm operates within the law,
加工厂的操作按照法律进行
but conservationists believe the high value of this tuna
但是资源论者认 为这种金枪鱼的高价值
means some fishermen are exceeding quota limits.
以为着渔民会开价非常高
What's more, some are even flouting restrictions
而且 有些甚至突破规范
on the size of the tuna they catch.
超量捕鱼
TOONI:The fear is that more and more tuna farms are catching juveniles.
更担心的是这些渔民捕捉幼鱼
PHILIPPE:Yeah, this is depleting the population
其数量在不断减少
before they even have a chance to procreate
还没有开始增加的时候
and start the next generation.
繁殖下一代
TOONI:And that's pushing the blue fin population here
因此这里的金枪鱼
to the brink of extinction.
已经频临灭绝
NARRATOR:Scientists believe that as much as 20,000 tons
科学家相信每年在地中海
of blue fin tuna are caught illegally in the Mediterranean every year.
非法捕捉蓝绪金枪鱼达到2万吨♥
The Med's most iconic fish, and the traditional fisheries
地中海标志性的鱼 传统的渔业
it once supported, are now close to collapse.
曾经得到了支持 但是如今已经垮了
TOONI:It doesn't just have an implication for the Mediterranean.
不仅暗示地中海
It has an implication for the Atlantic as well
也暗示拉大西洋
because they're a migratory species.
他们都是迁徙的物种
For the survival of the Mediterranean economy
对于地中海人的经济
and survival of Mediterranean traditions
以及地中海传统的生存
that have been in place for thousands of years,
这是有几千年的历史的地方
you have to maintain a population of that species and that isn't happening.
需要保持这里物种的数量 但是没有
NARRATOR:The exploitation of this sea is no new phenomenon.
对于这个地区的探险并 不是新现象
Man's influence has been felt here for millennia.
人类在这里生活了几千年
Some of the greatest civilisations in our history
曾经出现过伟大的文明
have used the Mediterranean to their advantage.
地中海人也引以为豪
Maritime archaeologist Dr Lucy Blue has been working in the Med
海洋学家露西博士已经 在地中海工作了
for much of her career, exploring how this sea
很久 探险这个海域
is uniquely important in the development of Western civilisation.
成为西方的一个重要项目
LUCY:You know, this is where cultures developed, around these shores.
这是文化的发源地 在这海域周围
The sea in this instance, I think, more than anywhere else in the world
这里与世界上其他地方不同
actually facilitated the communications and the development
这里的交流与发发展
of these civilisations.
这里的文明程度
NARRATOR:The Romans ruled this sea over 2,000 years ago
两千年前 罗马统治了这里
and became one of humanity's first superpowers.
成为世界上第一个超级大国
Lucy has brought the team to the Egadi Islands to the west of Sicily.
露西带着探险队到了西西里 岛西部的埃达吉岛
She wants to search the wreck of a Roman cargo ship
她想寻找古罗马的货船遗迹
for any clues to what was being traded,
因为已经发现了不少线索
and how far these routes stretched across the Mediterranean.
要看看这些路线穿过地中海有多远
It's first century BC, so it's, you know,
那都是公元前的事情
the early part of the Roman period where they've just taken Sicily over.
罗马在早期只是占领了西西里岛
So it's about development and expansion.
所以主要是探索和发展
NARRATOR:They're going to dive to just one of hundreds of Roman wrecks
他们要潜水到一只罗马沉船里去
that have been discovered in the Med.
该船发现于地中海
Clear evidence of the scale of traffic around this sea in ancient times.
有清楚的证据表明 古时候地中海有过频繁的 商贸船只往来
Okay, so we're going to moor up to the buoy that you can see over there,
我们就停在能够看到的浮标那
where the other boat is. And there's a shot line there.
有另一只船在 所以有捷径
It goes down to 1 2 metres and basically that just slips down quite gradually
大概十二米 一阶阶下去
to about 24 metres.
最后有24米
LUCY:Yeah, okay. Good.
好好
Clear. Clear behind. On your mark, clear.
后面没问题
NARRATOR:The wooden structure of the shipwreck has long since disintegrated.
这种木质结构的船 因为时间长久已经腐烂
What remains is some of the cargo it carried,
剩下的就是装载的货物
a mound of amphorae, enormous ceramic containers.
大量的瓮和罐子
LUCY:Just getting a first glimpse of the amphorae on the seabed
第一次看到的就是海底的瓮
and it's really quite remarkable.
非常有意思
And although I have worked on a number of shipwrecks over the years,
虽然过去几年 我见过不少的沉船
I have never actually seen such a large number of amphorae
但是没有见过这么多的瓮
concentrated in one spot.
集中在一个地方
The wreck dates from around the first century BC.
沉船事件大概发生在公元前一年
That's over 2,000 years old.
已经有2000多年历史
Now, that's a fairly intact one there.
如今这些还是保存完好
NARRATOR: But what were the Romans trading?
这些罗马人贸易什么？
LUCY:Grab that end. What have you got?
抓住那头 有多长？
PAUL:I've got 1 20.
120厘米
It's huge.
好大
LUCY:From the shapes and the fact that they were lined with bitumen or pitch,
从外形看 有沥青
they likely carried wine.
很可能是装酒的
Probably would have carried about 20- 25 litres of wine.
大概有20-25升
You can see the shape of them.
可以看到这种外形
It's perfectly made to slot into the hull of a vessel.
应该是适用大型货船的装运
This is how they would have stored them,
他们是这么存储的
sort of one on top of the other in the hull of a Roman merchantman.
看起来应该是古罗马的一个大商人
NARRATOR: Having found out that these amphorae
找到了这些瓮
are likely to have carried wine,
可能是装酒的
Lucy now needs to look for any clues that might reveal who produced it.
露西现在要找线索 看看到底是谁制♥造♥的
LUCY:There's one here that has the name of the family
这里有一个家族的名字
that produced the wine. ''Papia.''
可能就是制♥造♥商“帕皮亚”
NARRATOR:Based in southern Italy, the Papia family were a powerful dynasty
在南意大利 帕皮亚家族是强盛的皇族
of winemakers who exported it around the Mediterranean.
他们制♥造♥酒 运往地中海各处
LUCY:It's likely that they were transporting them from Sicily,
看起来应该是从西西里岛运来的
maybe even to north Africa.
可能送北非
This would have been part of the general trade
这是普通贸易
in wine and olive oil, garum, which is a fish paste,
酒和橄榄油 则还是鱼糊
that was being conducted around the Mediterranean at this time.
在那个时期 地中海地区有制♥造♥
NARRATOR:This is a record of a trade that linked two continents,
这是联♥系♥两大大♥陆♥之间的贸易