Marine reserves

A growing body of scientific evidence demonstrates what we at Greenpeace have been saying for a long time: that the establishment of large-scale networks of marine reserves, urgently needed to protect marine species and their habitats, could be key to reversing global fisheries decline.

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Selfridges Project Ocean save our sharks display

Sharks need parks (and for you to stop rubbing them on your face)

Okay, so it’s unlikely you’ll ever see a hammerhead on a helter-skelter; it’s fair to say you won’t see many basking sharks see-sawing with sawfish; and...
Posted by Willie - 29 July, 2013 - 16:34

A big step forward for our oceans

For a long time organisations like Greenpeace, backed by people like you, have been calling for stronger protection of our oceans. Last week showed our voices...
Posted by Fran G - 28 June, 2012 - 14:07
Tuna and bycatch caught in the east Pacific

The Italian Job: reeling in the Italian tuna industry

The sands in the tuna campaign have shifted again, and the oceans and tuna will ultimately be better off for it. Our Italian colleagues have just announced...
Posted by simon clydesdale - 9 March, 2012 - 13:56

New Antarctic Ocean Alliance to blaze trail for marine reserves

According to some people, 2012 is supposed to be a year of transformative events. Well I don’t know about astronomical alignments, the Mayan calendar and all...
Posted by hayley.baker - 28 February, 2012 - 18:25
A sea lion swims near Greenpeace divers with the banner "Marine Reserves Now" in

Marine reserves success story: Cabo Pulmo, Mexico

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...
Posted by Gemma Freeman - 30 August, 2011 - 14:30

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