Defend oceans
We are totally dependent on our oceans. But, we're damaging them on a scale unimaginable to most people. Destructive fishing, polluting industries and climate change are threatening the survival of whole marine ecosystems, as species are driven towards extinction as their habitats are destroyed.
Campaign updates
Manifesto for fair fisheries
Joint declaration between Greenpeace, NUTFA, UK Fishermen’s Associations and fishermen on the reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy. The EU Common...
Have you ever seen a cod dancing and a mackerel making friends on the beach?
My colleague Alicia
and I recently had the great opportunity of travelling down from the Greenpeace office to
Falmouth to meet the amazing all-female Cornwall...
Biggest fine in maritime history for Spanish fishing barons in UK
I don’t
know what I expected notorious Spanish fishing barons to look like. Strapping and medallioned, with deep tans and fancy wrist watches? Or sinewy, wiry...
Why do Europe’s taxpayers fund overfishing overseas?
Q: What do you do when you run out of fish?
A: go catch someone else’s!
Cheeky
perhaps, but that is the gist of what is referred to in European fishy...
Recovery for Europe’s fisheries, or just wishful thinking?
Basic first aid tells you
the most important thing to do is not cause any more harm: don’t make things
worse. That makes sense, of course, but if you happen...
