Blog: Oceans

Boat and safety training

Posted by Ludvig - 18 April 2007 at 5:44pm - Comments

Follow the crew of the Arctic Sunrise on their campaign for Marine Reserves in our North Sea Tour blog

Safety training in the 'lobster' suits

With the deck crane resurrected we left Århus early this morning on the first leg of our tour to demand Marine Reserves to protect the North Sea. We already managed to have our first safety training and our first boat training sessions.

Article tagged as: arctic sunrise, cod, marine reserves, north sea

Tied up in Århus

Posted by Ludvig - 17 April 2007 at 3:23pm - Comments
Follow the crew of the Arctic Sunrise on their campaign for Marine Reserves in our North Sea Tour blog

view from a RIB

Being on a ship in port, or as I like to call it 'port sailing', is generally lovely and this is no exception. Århus is a very pleasant town and the weather is great, the sun is gently heating our deck and the wind is a light breeze.

Article tagged as: cod, marine reserves, north sea, oceans

The Heat Is On

Publication date: 
16 April, 2007

A report looking into the role of marine reserves in boosting ecosystem resilience to climate change.

The IPCC (Integovernmental Panel on Climate Change) is warning that we have eroded the ocean's ability to cope with and mitigate the consequences of global warming. They recommend that we reduce our exploitation levels of marine fish and other maritime activities in order to improve the resilience of our seas and oceans and ultimately safeguard their role in stabilising the climate.

Download the report:
Article tagged as: baltic sea, climate change, marine reserves, north sea, oceans, reports

Welcome to the North Sea Marine Reserves Tour

Posted by Ludvig - 16 April 2007 at 3:10pm - Comments
Follow the crew of the Arctic Sunrise on their campaign for Marine Reserves in our North Sea Tour blog

Ludvig, web editir aboard Arctic Sunrise

Hello! My name is Ludvig, and I will your web editor onboard the Arctic Sunrise during the next two weeks. Being the webbie means I'm responsible for bringing you the latest news from the ship, what we are doing here and what's going on.

Article tagged as: arctic sunrise, cod, north sea, oceans

Sustainable seafood breakthough! Sainsbury's move to line-caught fresh cod and haddock

Posted by jossc - 13 April 2007 at 12:27pm - Comments

all sainsbury's fresh cod will be line-caught from May 2007

In a big boost to our 'sustainable seafood' campaign Sainsbury's, the largest fishmonger in the UK, has announced that from the end of April it will sell only line-caught fresh cod and haddock to its 16 million customers.

Article tagged as: bottom trawling, cod, haddock, line-caught, north sea, sainsburys, supermarkets, sustainable seafood

Esperanza bound for Japan to continue anti-whaling campaign

Posted by jossc - 10 March 2007 at 3:56pm - Comments

MY Esperanza arrives in Sydney, Australia

MY Esperanza arrives in Sydney, Australia

We're taking our anti-whaling campaign to Japan, where the government plans to increase its whaling activities despite opposition from two-thirds of the Japanese public.

Article tagged as: cetaceans, esperanza, japan, oceans, whaling

Endangered whales dumped in landfill site

Posted by jossc - 26 January 2007 at 2:17pm - Comments

A fin whal carcass rots at an Icelndic whaling stationNo sooner has Iceland granted permits for some of it's fisherman to resume commercial whaling than they discover, big surprise, what informed opinion has been telling them all along - namely that they would struggle to find any market for the meat.

Article tagged as: fin whale, iceland, oceans, whaling

Our oceans in pictures last year

Posted by jossc - 9 January 2007 at 1:38pm - Comments

A tiny salp snapped of the Azores coast

Ace underwater photographer and videographer Gavin Newman has been a regular guest onboard our ship the Esperanza as it travelled the globe in 2006 "Defending Our Oceans ". Gavin has put together some of his favorite images and talks about his experiences over the last year in this flash piece: From behind the lens: Defending Our Oceans in 2006.

Article tagged as: defending our oceans, esperanza, images, oceans

Cod R.I.P.

Posted by jossc - 18 December 2006 at 9:00am - Comments

'Funeral' at Defra for the last North Sea cod

On Monday we staged a 'funeral' for the 'last cod' at the Defra (Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs) office in Westminster. This was to coincide with the EU Environment Council meeting where our minister Ben Bradshaw, together with his European counterparts, was again failing to protect our oceans.

Article tagged as: bycatch, cod, marine reserves, north sea, oceans, overfishing
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