A Carnival parade for the protection of juvenile fish
Students from one elementary school of Volos took the streets dressed as juvenile fish and as fishermen, as part of the Carnival celebrations last weekend in Greece. Their placards read 'Let the spawn become parents' raising awareness against the bad habit of consuming juvenile fish.
Inspired by the ongoing European campaign Inseparable, launched by Commissioner Damanaki in Hamburg this January, citizens of Europe are called to eat, buy and sell sustainable fish. The campaign will include an event in Athens taking a Mediterranean angle and focusing on the problem of the consumption of juveniles in those countries. In the framework of the event, the Commission collaborated with teachers in Greece, through the Teachers4Europe programme, to present a project with their students on ways to best communicate sustainable fisheries and learning about the impact of overfishing. The product of the students' work will be displayed at the event in Athens on 17th March.
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