activities and achievements
2010
August - Founding of The Black Fish in Amsterdam, Netherlands
August - The Black Fish starts an intensive campaign in Munster, Germany, for the closure of the local run-down dolphinarium and relocation of the four dolphins kept there.
September - Activists of The Black Fish cut the nets of six holding pens in the harbour of Taiji, Japan. An estimated ten dolphins swim back out into open sea, escaping lifelong captivity.
September - After only a few weeks of campaigning in Munster, the owners of the dolphinarium announce to rehome the dolphins by the end of 2012.
October - The Black Fish founds the Orca Coalition together with six other organisations in The Netherlands and starts working for the release of orca Morgan, a young female killer whale that stranded in June 2010. Although back to health, the dolphinarium where she is held refuses to release her.
2011
February - The Black Fish and three other organizations announce a partnership with top barrister Marq Wijngaarden and start a lawsuit for the release of Orca Morgan. Questions asked in the Dutch parliament and widespread media coverage for Morgan's case. Morgan's chief vetenarian debates the Orca Coalition on live TV.
March - The Black Fish announces plans to take action against industrial fisheries in Europe and launches a fundraising appeal for a rigid inflatable boat.
June - During World Ocean Day The Black Fish announces it has raised the necessary funds for a rigid inflatable boat. The 5,5 meter boat was previously in service with the Dutch Royal Lifeguard Association. It has been renamed Zeno 1325, after Benjamin Zeno Sharkey, a friend and fellow activist who died last year.
August - The Black Fish and other organisations in the Orca Coalition secure a landmark ruling as a Dutch court blocks orca Morgan's proposed transfer to a SeaWorld owned entertainment park at Tenerife, Spain. Furthermore the judge orderes the responsible Ministry to investigate the case independently and the dolphinarium to move the orca to a larger facility. The ruling is unprecedented and means that for the first time the transport of an orca to a SeaWorld owned facility is succesfully prohibited.
September - The Belgian organisation How To Save The Bluefin merges with The Black Fish to build a stronger alliance in the fight against bluefin tuna overfishing. The two organisations will continue as one under the banner of The Black Fish.
September - The Black Fish opens a new office in Malmö, Sweden, in addition to its location in Amsterdam. The office has been donated by another organisation and will be used for a new investigative project, focused on the effects of industrial fishing around Europe.
2012
February - The Black Fish joins the OCEAN2012 coalition as its 150th member organisation. The coalition is the largest of its kind, fighting industrial overfishing by European fishing companies and pushing for reforms to the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) which is due for a overhaul later in the year.
February - The UK based organisation Fish Protection League (FPL) officially merges with The Black Fish, created the world's largest organisation dedicated to the protection of fish. The FPL, formerly known as the Campaign for the Abolition of Angling (CAA) has been working for the welfare of fish and against fishing cruelty since 1981.
