Blog: Oceans

South Korea scraps whale meat factory plans

Posted by darren - 16 June 2005 at 10:46am - Comments

Flying over the proposed whale meat factory in Ulsan, Korea

Exciting news has reached our whale embassy! The plans for the proposed whale meat factory have been shelved days before the International Whaling Commission (IWC) is due to meet.

The decision was reported in a South Korean newspaper and is a courageous move by the government.

Article tagged as: south korea, whale embassy, whaling

Whale Embassy showdown

Posted by darren - 26 May 2005 at 6:05pm - Comments

Greenpeace volunteers at the site of the proposed whale meat factory in Ulsan, Korea

In an amazing turn around, the local leaders of Ulsan, Korea have agreed to allow our 'Whale Embassy' volunteers to stay near the site of a planned whale meat factory - just hours after telling them to leave or face the "consequences".

Article tagged as: south korea, whale embassy, whaling

Rainbow Warrior returns from defending the deep

Posted by darren - 26 May 2005 at 3:34pm - Comments

SV Rainbow Warrior

In June 2005, during the lead up to the 20th anniversary of the bombing of Rainbow Warrior I in Auckland harbour, its successor set sail for the international waters around New Zealand to help defend deep sea life.

Deep-water fishing: time to stop the destruction

Publication date: 
25 May, 2005

Summary

A Greenpeace report on the scandal of deep-water fishing which has decimated ocean life on seamounts, mounds, ridges and canyons.

Download the report:
Article tagged as: coral reefs, destructive fishing, overfishing, reports

Whale Embassy threatened!

Posted by darren - 12 May 2005 at 3:42pm - Comments

The 'Whale Embassy' site in Ulsan, Korea

Our 'Whale Embassy' volunteers in Ulsan, Korea have just received a threatening letter telling them to vacate the site within 24 hours or face the "consequences".

Article tagged as: south korea, whale embassy, whaling

Exposed: Korean whale-butchery plans

Posted by darren - 14 April 2005 at 2:59pm - Comments

Greenpeace activists expose whale factory plans

We've exposed secret plans by the South Korean government to build a whale and dolphin meat processing factory, despite an international ban on whaling.

Double dead dolphin delivery

Posted by darren - 31 March 2005 at 1:46pm - Comments

A dead dolphin is delivered to the French Embassy in London

We've just delivered dead dolphins bearing the scars of a final struggle in fishing nets simultaneously to French government offices in London and Paris.

Greenpeace is calling for a total ban on pair trawling, which kills thousands of dolphins in the English Channel every year. France has the largest bass pair trawling fleet in Europe but has failed to take action to stop these needless deaths.

Article tagged as: bycatch, cetaceans, dolphins, pair trawling

Buoys halt trawlers

Posted by darren - 9 March 2005 at 12:59pm - Comments

Trawler crew remove a Greenpeace buoy from their net

Our activists have just attempted to halt two UK dolphin-killing pair trawlers - the Ocean Dawn and the Sunrise - from fishing by attaching large buoys to their net.

Pair trawlers are responsible for the deaths of thousands of dolphins in the Channel every year. The dolphins are caught and drowned in the huge net dragged between two vessels.

Article tagged as: dolphins, esperanza, oceans, pair trawling

Dead dolphin found

Posted by darren - 22 February 2005 at 4:49pm - Comments

Dead dolphin found by our ship, MV Esperanza

We've just found a dead dolphin bearing the tell tale signs of being killed in a large fishing net, floating 18 miles south of Plymouth.

Observers onboard our ship, MY Esperanza, spotted the dolphin at 9.10am and, after battling gale force winds, were eventually able to bring the dolphin onboard.

Article tagged as: bycatch, cetaceans, dolphins, pair trawling

Esperanza sets sail to protect dolphins

Posted by darren - 17 February 2005 at 6:20pm - Comments

MV Esperanze sets sail

Our ship, the MY Esperanza, has just set sail from Falmouth to investigate dolphin deaths in the English Channel.

Every year hundreds of dolphins are killed by pair trawlers and other destructive fishing - their corpses are washing up on beaches in south west England right now.

Article tagged as: cetaceans, dolphins, esperanza, oceans, pair trawling, sea bass
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