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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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Buoys halt trawlers

Our activists have just attempted to halt two UK dolphin-killing pair trawlers - the Ocean Dawn and the Sunrise - from fishing by attaching large buoys to...
Posted by darren - 9 March, 2005 - 12:59 -

Dead dolphin found

We've just found a dead dolphin bearing the tell tale signs of being killed in a large fishing net, floating 18 miles south of Plymouth. Observers...
Posted by darren - 22 February, 2005 - 16:49

Esperanza sets sail to protect dolphins

Our ship, the MY Esperanza, has just set sail from Falmouth to investigate dolphin deaths in the English Channel. Every year hundreds of dolphins are killed...
Posted by darren - 17 February, 2005 - 18:20

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

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