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| Founded | 2010 |
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| Type | Registered charity (Germany) |
| Focus | Marine conservation, Overfishing |
| Location | |
| Method | Investigations, Public Awareness, Direct action |
Key people | International Director: Valeska Diemel[1] |
| Website | fishact.org, 2048.fishact.org |
Formerly called | The Black Fish |
FishAct (formerly The Black Fish) is an international marine conservation and activism organisation based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Its name was changed in 2018 to FishAct. FishAct's stated mission is to "end the industrial overfishing of the oceans" and to "empower individuals to get actively involved in building grassroots citizen-led conservation communities".[2] The non-governmental organisation was founded in 2010 and has active local chapters in Germany and the United Kingdom. To achieve its goals, the organisation uses a combination of investigation, education, and non-violent direct-action. Campaigns have included gathering support for the release of captive cetaceans, actions against dolphin drive hunts and campaigning to end overfishing of the endangered bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean Sea.
- ^ "'Walls of death': Surge in illegal drift nets threatens endangered species". TheGuardian.com. 18 August 2020.
- ^ "The Black Fish Mission Statement". The Black Fish. Retrieved 2013-03-06.