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A Greenpeace investigation has revealed that supertrawlers spent 2963 hours fishing in UK Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in 2019, the equivalent of 123 days.

North Atlantic, 28 July 2022 - Activists on board the Arctic Sunrise have confiscated fishing gear from two European industrial longline fishing vessels in the North Atlantic [1]. One was operating in a Marine Protected Area.

A Greenpeace investigation has discovered a fleet of Russian flagged and owned supertrawlers fishing in a UK Special Area of Conservation (SAC) off the Scottish coast.

London, 14 July 2022 - A Greenpeace report, released today for Shark Awareness Day, reveals that EU fishing fleets from Spain and Portugal are consistently fishing in shark nursery grounds in the North Atlantic using longlines.

Greenpeace report lifts lid on industrial fishing ahead of major UN ocean conference

The crew of Greenpeace’s ship Arctic Sunrise saved a humpback whale caught in fishing gear. The rescue is another reminder of why our oceans urgently need protection.

Puffins will be eating better thanks to a Greenpeace-backed ban on fishing for sand eels - a vital food source for the iconic sea birds.

Destructive industrial fishing ships spent over 3,000 hours bottom trawling in this protected area in 2019. Until this broken system changes, it’s up to us to step in and stop the destruction.

Industrial ships equipped with 100km fishing lines are pushing ocean life to the brink. But from the waves of the Atlantic to the corridors of power, Greenpeace crews are standing in their way.

To keep our oceans healthy, we need to use fishing methods that keep fish stocks healthy and protect other marine creatures. Sadly, industrial fleets have been overfishing and using gear that destroys marine life. Protecting our oceans means changing the way we catch fish.

Greenpeace UK has been taking action against industrial fishing ships trawling in so-called Marine Protected Areas. New evidence has emerged that trawlers have been bulldozing the wreck of the world's oldest slave ship.

Greenpeace, fishers, anglers, charter skippers and fishing businesses have come together to declare a state of emergency in the English Channel and Southern North Sea.

Activists have prevented a 117m long supertrawler from fishing within a Marine Protected Area off the coast of Scotland. Greenpeace has also created a 'boulder barrier' to stop harmful bottom-trawling in a 47 square mile area of the North Sea.

Easy answers can be tempting, but oversimplifying the ocean crisis can do more harm than good.

The Marine Management Organisation threatened Poole Harbour Commissioners with legal action if they allowed the boulders into port.