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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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Commercial whaling: status report

  The 1999 Norwegian whaling season has now ended whilst the Japanese hunt in Antarctic waters is still due to take place during the cusp of the...
Posted by admin - 1 September, 1999 - 08:00

Norway seizes Greenpeace ship over whaling protest

Greenpeace - direct action to protect whales The municipal court in Stavanger today allowed police to seize the Greenpeace vessel MV Sirius. The court...
Posted by admin - 15 July, 1999 - 08:00

Whalers open fire at Greenpeace boat as Norwegian Coast Guard watches

Greenpeace - direct action to protect whales At 9.44 this morning, the Norwegian whaling vessel Kato located in the North Sea, shot at a Greenpeace...
Posted by admin - 12 July, 1999 - 08:00

Collapse of whale meat market stops hunt in Norway

  Greenpeace have documented that Norway's two largest whale-meat warehouses are full, with some boxes dating back to 1986, the year when the...
Posted by admin - 7 July, 1999 - 08:00

Principles For Ecologically Responsible Low-Impact Fisheries

This report details Greenpeace's position on the principles for fisheries and fish management and our call for urgent government and industry action.
Posted by admin - 1 May, 1998 - 08:00

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