Blogposts tagged 'Defending Our Oceans'

Our oceans in pictures last year

Posted by jossc - 9 January 2007 at 1:38pm - 0 Comments

A tiny salp snapped of the Azores coast

Ace underwater photographer and videographer Gavin Newman has been a regular guest onboard our ship the Esperanza as it travelled the globe in 2006 "Defending Our Oceans ". Gavin has put together some of his favorite images and talks about his experiences over the last year in this flash piece: From behind the lens: Defending Our Oceans in 2006.

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Bottom trawling - strip-mining the seas

Posted by darren - 7 June 2006 at 11:57am - 0 Comments

Wanton destruction: bycatch trawled on the Dogger Bank, North Sea, August 2004

Greenpeace calls for global marine reserves on World Oceans Day

As the kick-off to the football world cup approaches, how's this for a key pre-match statistic? Every four seconds, marine life in an area of ocean floor the size of ten football fields is wiped out by high seas bottom trawlers.

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Squids in?

Posted by darren - 28 April 2006 at 2:35pm - 0 Comments

A sperm whale prepares to dive

The Esperanza embarks on the third leg of our global voyage, this time tracking sperm whales and giant squid.

With two legs down and plenty more to go, you might think the sunny climes of the Azores would be the perfect place for the Esperanza to weigh anchor and take a well-earned rest. After all, tracking down whaling ships and pirate trawlers is not an easy business.

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