Blog: Oceans

Taking action for tuna on the high seas

Posted by mollybrooks - 6 October 2011 at 3:28pm - Comments

Protecting tuna is not just about dressing up as sharks and exposing the companies selling unsustainable tinned tuna.

Our ship the Esperanza is currently on the high seas in the Pacific to find, document and take action against illegal and unsustainable fishing throughout this region.

Article tagged as: defending the pacific, oceans, ships, tuna

Empty nets, empty future

Posted by hayley.baker - 6 October 2011 at 1:09pm - Comments
Catch on Senegalese Bottom Trawler
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Our new report shows how overfishing and climate change are taking their toll on West African seas.

We've been investigating overfishing in West African waters for a long time and our new report, ‘Empty Nets, Empty Future’ shows, in a stark light, how the local fishing industry in West Africa is under threat.

Article tagged as: CFP, climate change, europe, fishing, overfishing, west africa

Exposed: organised crime at sea

Posted by Ariana Densham - 2 October 2011 at 8:15am - Comments
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Antonio Vidal Pego is the boss of the Spanish family operation

You might not think that the criminal underworld smells of sea salt and fish guts, but when there are millions of euros up for grabs for Europe's fishing fleet the crooks with hooks surface.

Article tagged as: CFP, common fisheries policy, fish, overfishing, sustainable fishing

Plastic Arctic

Posted by claire miller - 5 September 2011 at 11:57am - Comments
Scientist Clare Miller on Arctic Sunrise
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Scientist Clare Miller collecting data on the amount of plastics in the Arctic ocean, on the Arctic Sunrise

For many people the Arctic is seen as one of the last wilderness regions left where there has been limited human impact. However, sampling of marine plastic debris over the past few days shows that the far reaching effects of mankind is clearly present even in the Arctic ocean.

Article tagged as: arctic, arctic sunrise, oceans, plastic, science, ship tours

NZ company Sealord told, 'Change your tuna - not just your logo'

Posted by nick_gp - 30 August 2011 at 3:36pm - Comments
Greenpeace New Zealand tell Sealord to change it's tuna - with a giant tin
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Greenpeace New Zealand tell Sealord to change it's tuna - with a giant tin

After the success of the UK Change Your Tuna campaign, where all our major tinned tuna brands have now pledged to phase out the worst fishing practices, our New Zealand office has brought the campaign to Kiwi cans - upping the pressure on home-grown seafood giant Sealord this week, writes Nick Young of Greenpeace NZ.

Article tagged as: actions, fads, fishing, new zealand, NZ, pacific, purse seine nets, tuna

Marine reserves success story: Cabo Pulmo, Mexico

Posted by Gemma Freeman - 30 August 2011 at 2:30pm - Comments
A sea lion swims near Greenpeace divers with the banner "Marine Reserves Now" in
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A sea lion swims near Greenpeace divers with the banner "Marine Reserves Now" in the Gulf of California

Greenpeace Mexico oceans campaigner Alejandro Olivera, reveals how the thriving 20-year old marine reserve at Cabo Pulmo, which has seen fish increase by 463 per cent in ten years to become the world's most successful, is now under threat from massive local development...

Article tagged as: Cabo Pulmo, Diving, Gulf of California, marine reserves, mexico, oceans, successes

Same fish, new business model

Posted by simon clydesdale - 17 August 2011 at 5:40pm - Comments
Skipjack tuna caught by pole-and-line off Flores, Indonesia
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Skipjack tuna caught by pole-and-line off Flores, Indonesia

The hubbub has now died down since we announced that John West’s shift completed a clean sweep of change among major players in the UK tuna market. And it’s been a week since Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Fish Fight: The Battle Continues reinforced this message, making people think about how we use and need to protect the extraordinary resources of the waters that dominate this globe.

Article tagged as: fads, Fish Aggregation Devices, fish fight, Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, john west, princes, sustainable fishing, tinned tuna, tuna

Seas in crisis? Fix the Common Fisheries Policy

Posted by Gemma Freeman - 17 August 2011 at 4:24pm - Comments

Our seas are in peril: more than 70 per cent of Europe's fish stocks are overfished, putting our most popular species at risk if it continues. And the way Europe’s seas and fish are managed allows fleets to take two-to-three times more from our oceans than what scientists consider sustainable.

Article tagged as: CFP, common fisheries policy, fish, fishing, marine reserves, Reform, sustainable fishing, video

Fish Fighting for the oceans! But the battle continues

Posted by simon clydesdale - 8 August 2011 at 9:39pm - Comments
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall launches Fish Fight Europe outside the EU Commission
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Hugh starts the next crusade to save our seas in crisis in Fish Fight: The Battle Continues

Tonight Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall broadcast Hugh’s Fish Fight: The Battle Continues, his follow-up to the influential BAFTA-winning Fish Fight series broadcast in January. Hugh and his team have clearly been very busy over the last 6 months, and not just in securing Hugh a swish new haircut.

Article tagged as: CFP, common fisheries policy, discards, fads, fish fight, Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, hugh's fish fight, john west, sustainable fishing, tuna

Hugh brings his Fish Fight back for one last round

Posted by Willie - 4 August 2011 at 3:21pm - Comments
Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall is back with a new episode of Fish Fight - The Battl
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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall launches Fish Fight Europe outside the EU Commission, Brussels

Back in January, Channel 4’s Big Fish Fight season caused quite a splash. The undoubted star of the season was Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and his three Hugh’s Fish Fight programmes which brought the shocking facts behind the fish on our plates onto TV screens.

Article tagged as: CFP, common fisheries policy, fads, fish, fish fight, Hugh, Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, sustainable fishing, tuna
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