Sea Shepherd France: A phishing Story

Due to overfishing, 90% of the stocks of large predatory fish, such as sharks, tuna and swordfish, are already gone. But in the recently released game Dave The Diver, the stock of fish in the ocean seems to be limitless for players.

Every day, millions of virtual divers are killing fish in-game, some of which are threatened with extinction, in order to put them on the menu of their virtual sushi restaurants. In the game, players must face some number of bosses who try to stop them, including a certain ‘John Watson’, a thinly disguised parody of the founder of the Sea Shepherd movement, Paul Watson.

We knew that some players of Dave The Diver already noticed the reference of Sea Shepherd founder in the game. So Sea Shepherd France, along with its founder Paul Watson, saw this parody as a wonderful opportunity to set the record straight, by showing them a vision more accurately aligned with reality in order to raise awareness of the consequences of overfishing and its impact on marine biodiversity.

‘The Final Boss’ plunges Dave the Diver players into a different vision of the ocean than the one they've been used to playing so far. A unique gaming experience where Sea Shepherd has literally removed all the fish from the game as a direct consequence of their in-game behaviour.
The seamless integration of Sea Shepherd's founder Paul Watson, as an in-game character through a cinematic, similar to the one players are used to seeing in the game, enhanced the overall experience driving awareness about the impact of overfishing.

The gaming mod for Dave The Diver is downloadable from this website: https://www.thefinalboss.fr/englishversion-thefinalboss