Hugh's Fish Fight

tv show

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8 total episodes

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3 seasons

First Aired January 11, 2011

Overview

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall leaves the comfort of River Cottage to change the way we fish, both here and abroad.

Episode 4: The Battle Continues poster unavailable

Episode 4: The Battle Continues

Season 1 - Episode 4 - 1h 0m

Air Date

August 08, 2011

Overview

Six months after launching his hugely influential campaign to change the way we fish, Hugh Fearnley-Whittngstall returns to bring the story up to date. Six months ago Hugh Fearnley-Whittngstall left the comfort of River Cottage behind and went on a journey to find out what was really going on at the industrial end of our fisheries. What he found was that things are not just bad ... but mad. Half the fish caught in the North Sea is thrown back into the sea, dead, because of crazy EU laws. So he launched a campaign to try to change those laws... And the response from the public was incredible. Over 700,000 people have now signed the fish fight petition, and so many people emailed their MPs to protest about discards that they forced a debate in Parliament. As a direct result of Hugh's campaign, major policy changes are being considered. The British Government has decided to fund a six month study into what would happen if a discard ban was introduced.