Hollywood star Josh Brolin has become the latest actor to show his support for the Our Fish campaign to end European overfishing by posing naked with a fish for the Fishlove photography project.
Brolin, who plays Nathan Summers/Cable in the new Marvel superhero movie Deadpool 2, has posted a picture of himself holding a sustainably-caught wahoo (ono) from Hawaii on his Instagram account, attracting more than 100,000 likes so far.
Our Fish said the image is one of many to come in 2018 through the Fishlove-Our Fish partnership, which aims to ensure European governments achieve sustainable fish stocks in their waters.
“The series we’re putting together now will feature some of the most recognizable faces on the planet,” said Nicholas Röhl, co-founder of Fishlove with actress Greta Scacchi. “Fishlove is a visual petition by actors and well-known personalities who want overfishing to end.”
Fishlove has previously attracted the support of Sir Ben Kingsley, Sir Michael Gambon, Sir Richard Branson, Melanie Laurent, Fiona Shaw, Terry Gilliam, Kenzo, Dame Judi Dench, Emilia Fox, Mark Rylance, Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham-Carter, and Imelda Staunton – all of whom have posed with fish.
“The Year 2020 sounds like a dystopian Hollywood movie – yet this is the deadline set by the EU for ending overfishing of fish stocks and we are now hurtling towards it, with our governments asleep at the wheel,” Our Fish Program Director Rebecca Hubbard said. “Overfishing and climate change are putting fish stocks under pressure, and threatening the health of ocean ecosystems and food security.
Hubbard said the campaign's goal is to enforce the European Union's discard ban in order to put an end to illegal and unreported discarding, and to end overfishing.
“Even though a ban on discarding fish is being phased in, behavior at sea hasn’t changed: There are still tens of thousands of tons of fish being thrown overboard in European waters," Hubbard said. "Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, and the U.K. are the most important players and must work together to reach European and international targets – and return European fisheries to a healthy state."
