Organisation merges with The Black Fish to take action on bluefin tuna
Thursday 1 September, 2011, 22:15, by
The Belgian organisation How To Save The Bluefin has merged with The Black Fish as of today 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. Diederik Jeangout and Michael Dilissen of How To Save The Bluefin are happy with the move: "Bluefin tuna need our attention and we are serious about achieving real change for this endangered fish. We need to build a stronger movement to create the necessary change and we feel that within The Black Fish we can make this happen".
Diederik Jeangout and Michael Dilissen of How To Save The Bluefin are happy with the move.
How To Save The Bluefin set up in Antwerp, Belgium, in the autumn of 2010 and has run a variety of campaigns to raise awareness of the demise of the bluefin tuna. An animation was made to explain the bluefin tuna issue which was translated in six languages and gathered a lot of media attention. The organisation went on to meet with local councils in several Belgian cities to discuss the ongoing sale of bluefin tuna meat and a project called Chopstick Guerilla saw activists attaching protest messages to chopsticks at local sushi and seafood restaurants.
"It is important that the bluefin tuna gets more attention and better protection. The fact that a fish this threatened is still sold in cities across Europe asks for action. We welcome Michael, Diederik and all the others at How To Save The Bluefin to help make this happen" according to Wietse van der Werf, spokesperson for The Black Fish.
The Black Fish will formally announce its upcoming bluefin tuna campaign later this year. Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest updates.
