Blog: Oceans

Massacre on the beaches

Posted by darren - 19 April 2006 at 11:31am - Comments

Protesters in India show the Chief Minister how the Olive Ridley turtle population is suffering

In India, Olive Ridley turtles are being killed in their thousands by illegal trawling. Stephen Tindale, Executive Director of Greenpeace UK, witnessed the effects first-hand and reports on how laws designed to protect the turtles are being used to incarcerate activists.

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Pirate fishing scandal exposed

Posted by darren - 10 April 2006 at 5:18pm - Comments

Binar 4: caught illegally transhipping a cargo of Guinian fish

Las Palmas, Spain - Our volunteers have boarded an illegal cargo vessel full of fish stolen from Guinean waters. Greenpeace and the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) tailed the "Binar 4" for six days, as it sailed from West Africa to dump its pirate catch on the European market.

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Japanese government comes under diplomatic pressure to end whaling

Posted by darren - 18 January 2006 at 11:34am - Comments

Japanese whaling fleet prepares to leave Aruka port, Shimonoseki, Southern Japan

London 17 January 2006: 17 governments today made a formal diplomatic protest against Japanese whaling. The protest, known as a 'demarche', was presented by Brazil and supported by 16 other countries, including the UK.

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Recipe for disaster

Publication date: 
27 October, 2005

Supermarkets' Insatiable Appetite for Seafood

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Cetacean bycatch and pelagic trawling

Publication date: 
20 July, 2005

The problem of bycatch

Summary

The biggest threat to marine ecosystems globally is destructive and unsustainable fishing practices. An estimated 23% of the global fisheries catch is thrown back into the sea, dead and wasted. As well as over-fishing target fish stocks, fisheries are destroying the biodiversity of the oceans.

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Iceland ends annual whaling hunt

Posted by darren - 6 July 2005 at 11:08am - Comments

Iceland continue with their 'scientific' whaling programme

Iceland has now killed the last minke whale in its 2005 'scientific' whaling programme. Their self-imposed quota was 39 minke whales and as they have met their target it brings the total catch for the last three years to 100 whales.

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Japan vows to fight for a return to commercial whaling

Posted by darren - 29 June 2005 at 11:58am - Comments

International Whaling Commission meets in Korea 2005

As the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting ends in Korea, anti-whaling nations emerge victorious. The commission firmly rejected the Japanese government proposal that would have seen a return to commercial whaling.

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Virtual march: the world is watching

Posted by darren - 20 June 2005 at 11:11am - Comments

The virtual march begins in Ulsan, Korea

Over the weekend, the World's first "virtual march" started in the city of Ulsan, South Korea, host to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) annual meeting.

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Legal challenge to protect dolphins

Posted by darren - 17 June 2005 at 11:32am - Comments

UK pair trawlers Ocean Star and Ocean Crest fishing in the English Channel, February 2005

We returned to the High Court to challenge the government over its failure to prevent the deaths of thousands of dolphins every year.

The hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice resumed after being adjourned in July. The Judge has now heard all the evidence and now we're waiting for a verdict.

Briefing: International Whaling Commission 2005

Publication date: 
17 June, 2005

Summary

This year the International Whaling Commission (IWC) is meeting in South Korea. South Korea has a history of whaling and its waters are an important habitat for the Korean Gray Whale, one of the most critically endangered whale populations in the world.

Greenpeace is concerned that as human activities continue to degrade the world's oceans, species and populations of cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) are under increasing threat.

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