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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Bottom trawling - strip-mining the seas

Greenpeace calls for global marine reserves on World Oceans DayAs the kick-off to the football world cup approaches, how's this for a key pre-match...
Posted by darren - 7 June, 2006 - 11:57

EU pushes cod towards extinction

We've slammed the European Union's new fishing quotas, which will push cod closer to extinction in British waters. Under pressure from Tony Blair's...
Posted by darren - 23 December, 2004 - 00:27

Marine reserves: Royal Commission report calls for action

A new report by the influential Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (RCEP) has backed our call for a network of large-scale marine reserves -...
Posted by darren - 7 December, 2004 - 15:57

Defending the North Sea

The North Sea is in crisis after years of human activity - it is now among the most degraded seas in the world. Overfishing has caused fish stocks to collapse...
Posted by darren - 10 August, 2004 - 12:12

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