Blog: Oceans

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

The "trawler trash" roadshow

Posted by bex - 4 December 2006 at 12:37pm - Comments

For every plate of beam trawled plaice there are up to 3 plates of wasted sea life

Following their fine showing in London's Trafalgar square last month, our Greenpeace 'fishmongers' hit the road today on their mission to show supermarket shoppers how many of the nation's favourite fish are caught using wasteful and destructive methods - beam-trawling in particular.

Article tagged as: beam trawling, bycatch, oceans, overfishing, supermarkets, sustainable seafood

Iceland sinks UN moratorium on bottom trawling

Posted by jamie - 24 November 2006 at 7:04pm - Comments

The news that the UN moratorium on bottom trawling has sunk to the metaphorical, erm, bottom is grim enough but when you hear that it was all down to one country, it's just bloody depressing. And the culprit? Step forward Iceland, proud whaling nation and now ocean floor destroyer. Thanks guys.

But I can't put it better than Adele over on the Making Waves blog. There's real rage for you.

Article tagged as: bottom trawling, iceland, moratorium, oceans, UN

Blame Canada (and Espana) - bottom trawling gets the South Park treatment

Posted by bex - 17 November 2006 at 7:06pm - Comments

Bottom trawling - it's not big and it's not clever. An upcoming UN vote could see a moratorium on this fishing method which is destroying life on the ocean bed, but Canada and Spain are opposing it. If the video below doesn't inspire you to take action, you've misplaced your funny bone.

Article tagged as: bottom trawling, moratorium, oceans, south park
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