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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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Cetaceans and pelagic trawl fisheries in the Western Approaches of the English Channel

Summary report of the 2004 WDCS/Greenpeace winter survey Summary A joint WDCS/Greenpeace cetacean survey using conventional line-transect techniques and...
Posted by admin - 16 February, 2005 - 09:00

Government in the dock over dolphin deaths

We've just launched a legal challenge against the government to help save dolphins from being caught and killed in large fishing nets. Our legal team has...
Posted by darren - 10 February, 2005 - 18:30

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

Japan's fleet sets sail

Japan's 'research' whaling fleet has set sail for the Antarctic again to kill more whales in the name of 'science'.This is the eighteenth...
Posted by darren - 11 November, 2004 - 09:00

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