It’s probably one of the hottest days of the summer and we are on the beach at Weston-Super-Mare in the post midday heat. However, no time for sitting in the sun or slurping on Mr Whippy ice creams or paddling in the sea or taking time to view the fantastic sand sculpture festival! Instead we were busy drumming up a crowd, handing out car stickers and badges and helping out with ‘crowd control’ – all as part of the filming for Channel 4’s award winning Fish Fight documentary. The instigator of the campaign is here, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, along with the Fish Fight film crew, shooting scenes that are going to feature in the new series to be broadcast in the Autumn.
Before us is an exotic array of sand sculpture designs created by a talented team from the Sand Sculpture Festival. The landscape is festooned with plants, assorted vegetables, pasta shells and ice cream cornets. This beautiful scene aims to represent the rich biodiversity and delicate marine environment found on the ocean floor. However, this picture of serenity is soon to be totally trashed as the Fish Fight team demonstrate how some methods of fishing (namely, beam trawling and scallop dredging) simply destroy the ocean bed, so that we can have plaice, sole, dab and scallops on our supper plates and restaurant dishes. The dramatic stunt drives home the point to the watching crowd and provides the platform for Hugh to forcefully recommend that the Government upholds it commitment to creating a series of Marine Protected Areas. Find out more here.
Greenpeace UK has supported the Fish Fight campaign since its early days. It was great to continue to be involved and we are looking forward to watching the next series of Fish Fight in the Autumn (dates to be confirmed) when we will see the final results of the day’s filming. Highly recommended viewing !
If you want to sign up to the Fish Fight campaign and find out more then click here To Join Hugh’s Fish Fight Facebook page click here. Series One of Fish Fight is still available on Channel 4 on Demand. Click here to access.
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