"Inseparable" - the campaign for sustainable fish and fisheries
celebrated an event on March 17, at the "Technopolis" Cultural Centre in Athens, Opened by Mrs. Maria Damanaki, member of the European Commission, it sought to engage citizens around the motto "Let the juveniles become parents". A wide range of stakeholders participated. Mundus maris contributed popular babyfish bookmarks and fish rulers developed together with Prof. Stergiou and his teams in Greece and the FishBase Information and Research Group. The fish rulers show minimum length at which selected fish species reproduce in Greek waters. Much of the catch in Greece and around the Mediterranean consists of babyfish, but the kids understood that it is of utmost importance to protect the babies: they grabbed fish rulers and other information materials to learn more and be part of a growing movement saying NO to catching and cooking juveniles. Read more.