In January 2013 we launched the Save Our Seas campaign to get the government to commit to 127 proposed Marine Conservation Zones – a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to protect our seas and the marine life they support.;xNLx;;xNLx;See some of the campaigns’ milestones...
Hugh joined the crew of the Seagull white fish trawler, and saw the shocking scale of quota-driven discards for himself.
The Fish Fight campaign website goes live.
Hugh travels to Brussels to meet MEPs in an attempt to bring discards to the top of their agenda.
Hugh follows some Ramsgate fishermen to sea to land some of the fish they've been forced to discard.
Hugh and a fleet of boats sail up the Thames to Westminster to make that point that EU Fisheries policies need to change.
Tesco escape last place in new tinned tuna league table with spectacular policy u-turn.
The first episode of Hugh's Fish Fight is broadcasted on Channel 4.
Support for the Fish Fight campaign explodes and the amount of sign-ups hits 500,000.
The Guardian reports that sales of "alternative" species of fish and seafood soar after being championed in the Fish Fight campaign.
"Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is feeling pretty optimistic this afternoon. His Fish Fight campaign has scored a major victory the day before the first TV programme highlighting it is broadcast; Tesco has announced plans to switch to 100% pole and line caught fish for its own brand canned tuna . . ."
