A “heroic herring” which manages to avoid hungry, cod, dolphins and supertrawlers is the “star” of an online game released by a non-governmental organisation in advance of next week’s EU fisheries council.
The game entitled “Ocean Uprising” has been devised by the “Our Fish” campaign, which says it is dedicated to ending overfishing and restoring a healthy ocean ecosystem.
“By inviting the public to follow the adventures of our caped herring crusader, we hope that Ocean Uprising can spread awareness of the connection between healthy fish stocks and a healthy ocean, as well as the destructive impact that overfishing is having on our ocean and climate,” Our Fish programme director Rebecca Hubbard says.
Participants are asked to sign a petition calling for an end to destructive overfishing and addressed to the European Commission, EU Council and member states.
The EU fisheries council is due to open on December 15th and 16th, but this year’s quota talks are overshadowed by the continuing Brexit negotiations - with fisheries one of three key sticking points as of this week.
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