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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.

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Whale's fate hangs in the balance

Whalers poised to seize control of the International Whaling CommissionInternational Whaling Commission 58th meeting St. Kitts & Nevis, June 16th-20th...
Posted by darren - 14 June, 2006 - 17:27

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

For sale - the contents of the world's oceans

by Oliver Knowles, Oceans campaignerEarlier this year I attended the Brussels Seafood Expo - the world's largest seafood and fishing exhibition. Held in 10...
Posted by darren - 18 May, 2006 - 11:53

Sea power in the corridors of power

At a parliamentary reception organised by Greenpeace, supermarket bosses and environmental campaigners came together with politicians to discuss the crisis...
Posted by darren - 12 May, 2006 - 15:33

Stranger than fiction - the giant squid

Looming out of the inky blackness of the deep sea waters - an enormous tentacled creature is locked in a life or death struggle with a mighty sperm whale. This...
Posted by darren - 8 May, 2006 - 18:51

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