Some frustrating news out of Japan today as the court denies disclosure of evidence against the T2. The following press release was issued out of Aomori where the decision was made. Court denies disclosure of whale meat embezzlement...

The great new film The End of the Line will be screening starting this Friday in Toronto at the Royal Cinema on College. Based on the book by Charles Clover, the documentary is really the first that show the impact our insatiable...

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It’s difficult to facilitate a dialog on sustainable fishing methods from the side of the road. This is one of the hard lessons you learn when trying to confront a supermarket manager on the policies of his or her corporate head office...

At 11:45 this morning Greenpeace activists from Vancouver arrived at Extra Foods to continue their push on Loblaws. Over the past year Greenpeace has worked hard to get the so called "green grocer" back on track with sustainable...

This morning, activists from London, Hamilton and Toronto stood united against wholesale ocean destruction. It appears that our coordinated Canadian sustainable seafood efforts are having an impact upon the wholesale retailer. However,...

After hearing Greenpeace spokesperson Liam O'Daugherty on NewsTalk 1290’s morning talk show, a father and daughter made their way over the Costco on Wonderland road in London, Ontario seeking to express themselves. Having just...

Greenpeace activists left the Vancouver office at 10 o'clock this morning on route for a Safeway in Whiterock/South Surrey. Fish costumes in hand they set out to confront Safeway, for the second time in BC, about their part in...

Just after 11 a.m. on May 29th, seven activists — including two in fish costumes — set up in front of Wal-Mart. We unfurled the “Don’t Buy, Don’t Sell Redlist Fish” banner and handed Redlist fish info to customers. The 10-foot tuna...

Hello from stormy Kingston, Ontario! The seafood tour rolled into a gloomy looking Kingston today for Day Four of the Seafood Tour where Greenpeace Activists directly confronted Costco Wholesale over their failure to protect our...

This blog was written by Andrea MacDonald on behalf of Christine Leclerc, who is currently participating in an action against Costco in Kelowna. Andrea was an activist on Monday in the action against Safeway in Victoria. This morning...

"Eating down the chain" refers to the way we've harvested our oceans since...well, always.  We take the bigger fish higher on the food chain, like tuna and cod.  If we continue this way, our kids and grandkids will be eating plankton...

What's it like to be on tour with a bunch of Greenpeace activists, visiting communities in Northern Ontario and spreading the word about the current state of our oceans? Forget about the Pirates of the Caribbean, Greenpeace pirates...

The GP Ontario crew pulled off a fabulous first day while taking action out front a local North Bay A&P; supermarket. We were there to send a message to the store manager and to the North Bay community that sustainable fishing is an...

Earlier today activists from Vancouver, Victoria, Edmonton, and Brazil arrived at the Foul Bay Safeway in Victoria, BC to remind Safeway of its responsibility to protect the oceans. Volunteers greeted the public with banners that read...

Yet another aquaculture development project was announced this week and this time, for a change of taste, it was for cod. As I read the announcement on the DFO website that the the gov of Canada and the Newfoundland dept. of...

With hopeful news from the feds last week that the critical habitat of the southern and resident orcas off B.C. is now, as of Wednesday, legally protected under the Species at Risk Act, the orcas have shown their gratitude with another...

Things seem to be looking up a bit for the southern resident orcas as two new calves were seen on February 6 th off Vancouver Island. The good news comes after reports earlier this year that 7 orcas had gone missing including 2...

Slogging through my post-holiday emails I came across an article about the fate of an Atlantic cod stock off Newfoundland. It doesn’t look good. In fact, according to model predictions performed by biologists at DFO, it’s down right...

As if it couldn’t get any worse with the poor southern resident orcas going into winter pretty well starving, but now we find out that the food they are eating is slowly poisoning them. According to a new study in the journal...

It's all about the cocktail sauce, or so say many people that linger around the shrimp rings at the holiday parties. If you're one of those people, I have some advice- enjoy the sauce but pass on the shrimp. In fact, hit the sweet...

This week I learned that the fish farm companies operating along B.C.’s coast want to up production. They’re seeking approval for about double what they are currently licensed to produce. What does this actually mean for the sea...

Across the globe yesterday, Greenpeace peacefully protested the arrest and ongoing detainment of two Japanese whale activists. The protests took place in front of Japanese embassies the world over and included the delivery of more that...

Rain could not dampen our spirits this morning as the Greenpeace Canada Sustainable Seafood Tour made a stop at the Sobeys in Peterborough. The Sobeys chain sells 14 out of 15 redlisted species and has received a failing grade of 1.1...

Sarah King  May 3, 2010 The catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is devastating marine life and coastal livelihoods. Greenpeace has a team on the ground. For recent pictures of the spill and clean up...

More from the T2 trial in Amori today where Prof. Dirk Voorhoof took the stand arguing the T2's case for acquittal. Find more info in the press advisory below. A HUGE thank you to all those lending their voice and support for the T2...

The second phase of the Tokyo 2 trial began on Monday and here is a brief synopsis of some of the highlights so far... Monday: A defence witness, a former whaler, took the stand and revealed that the whalers kept for...

It’s been over a week since the trial of the Tokyo 2 began and it’s time for some reflection on the trial and to take the time to highlight the out-pouring of support from our loyal co-defendants around the world.     ...

February 15th marks the beginning of the public trial of the Tokyo 2- Junichi and Toru- who were  detained by Japanese authorities after  exposing corruption with the whaling industry.  But thanks to the recent findings of a working...

After weeks and weeks of awaiting, the decision by the Supreme court of Japan on whether to allow the disclosure of evidence was made and it was not in our favour. The following press release was released from Japan by our team working...

Well, another pathetic round of ICCAT meetings has come to an end and yet again the Atlantic bluefin are  no closer to a plan for true recovery.  ICCAT scientists recently concluded that in order for there to even be a 50/50 chance at...

Part 1 of a 2-Part Post , written by Bruce Cox, Executive Director of Greenpeace Canada. Read Part 2 Why in the world would a group of global citizens from Alberta to Berlin to Rio, drop everything and leave their comfy homes...

Let's hope not. Currently, the Canadian Atlantic swordfish fisheries are under Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) assessment in hopes that they will be able to carry the blue and white logo that is meant to denote sustainability. The...

We’ve just completed our first demonstration of the Sustainable Seafood Tour Ontario. The North Bay community was incredibly welcoming; even the employees and manager of the A&P; we were targeting were friendly and receptive to our...

We fertilize our gardens to help our plants grow, but fertilizing the oceans to stop climate change? It sounds as ridiculous as it is. Dumping tonnes of iron sulphate into the ocean in hopes of stimulating massive up-take of carbon...

A study published earlier this year in the journal Ecological Applications identified the narwhal as the species the most vulnerable to climate change. Sadly, we saw evidence of this tragic vulnerability as hundreds of these mythical...