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FILM: Catch 'The End of the Line' in Toronto this weekend

Blog entry by Sarah King | July 14, 2009

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...

Endangered species bycatch worthy of MSC label?

Blog entry by Sarah King | July 27, 2009 1 comment

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...

Greenpeace launches spoof ad campaign: "There's probably no Cod."

Feature story | August 10, 2009 at 17:00

Greenpeace has launched an ad campaign on buses and a billboard in Halifax and on a billboard in Ottawa that reads: “There’s probably no cod. Now let’s stop overfishing & think of the future.”

Prosecution doesn't have to disclose evidence against Tokyo 2

Blog entry by Sarah King | August 11, 2009 1 comment

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...

There's probably no cod....

Blog entry by Sarah King | August 13, 2009

...but that doesn't stop DFO from praying to cod that fishing them will bring them back. And that's despite their own scientists' recommendations. I mean, for the love of cod DFO, a 'stewardship' fishery? Stewardship implies...

While Premiers Fuddled Around, the Forest Burned

Blog entry by Anil Kanji | August 13, 2009 10 comments

Last week in Regina , Canada's premiers blew a valuable opportunity to confront the climate crisis head on.  Rick Smith from Environmental Defense did a great job of outlining our hopes for the Council of the Federation: Mainly...

Marine reserves - just a stone's throw away

Feature story | August 13, 2009 at 17:00

This week we have created a granite shield against bottom trawling in a fragile and ecologically important marine area in Sweden. Our activists sailed into Swedish waters and have so far placed 140 granite rocks (each weighing between 0.5 and 3...

Greenpeace Divers in the Pacific Ocean

Image | September 1, 2009 at 12:43

Greenpeace divers hold up a banner that reads "No fish No future" next to a fish aggregation device (FAD). Around 10% of the catch generated by purse seine FAD fisheries is unwanted by-catch and includes endangered species of sharks and turtles.

Oceans Bluefin Tuna Action

Image | September 11, 2009 at 12:46

A Greenpeace activist in the sea holds a banner reading "Ban Bluefin Tuna Trade" during a protest to demand immediate action to protect the endangered Mediterranean bluefin tuna from commercial extinction.

Cod Billboard

Image | September 11, 2009 at 13:01

Greenpeace Canada launches an ad campaign on buses, a billboard in Halifax and Ottawa that read: “There’s probably no cod. Now let’s stop overfishing & think of the future.”

Rainbow Warrior activists join fight to protect Bluefin tuna

Blog entry by Sarah King | September 12, 2009

a press release from the Rainbow Warrior while on an expedition in the Pacific......... Greenpeace calls on governments to support a ban on Bluefin Tuna Trade Izmir , Turkey, 11 September 2009 - Greenpeace activists on board...

A Grizzly Discovery: Impact of the Salmon Collapse on West Coast Ecosystems

Blog entry by Sarah King | October 1, 2009 2 comments

Written by Jason Town..... Most have undoubtedly heard by now of the recent Fraser River Sockeye Salmon catastrophe, and its effect on the local economy of the First Nations and other commercial fishermen, as well as the sport and...

Greenpeace: Why Civil Disobedience and Why Now

Blog entry by Bruce Cox | October 7, 2009 39 comments

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...

Save the bluefin tuna: ban international trade

Feature story | November 9, 2009 at 11:03

A last ditch attempt to save the majestic Atlantic bluefin tuna from commercial extinction is now under consideration.

Greenpeace delegation at ICCAT meeting: Meeting opens

Blog entry by Sarah King | November 10, 2009 2 comments

Francois, a member of the Greenpeace delegation attending the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) meeting in Brazil, has these thoughts as the meeting that could seal the fate for the bluefin tuna...

Awaiting a court decision in the Robson Bight oil spill case

Blog entry by Sarah King | November 11, 2009

While much of the Robson Bight case has been solved below the water, the court decision regarding the events that took place on the water back in August 2007 when the barge spilled its content and oil into the ecological reserve has...

Greenpeace at the ICCAT meeting: Update 2

Blog entry by Sarah King | November 11, 2009

From behind closed doors Willie, a Greenpeace oceans campaigner in the UK and one of our representatives at the ICCAT meeting, sheds some light on ICCAT's continued failure to scientific advise and the possibility for a sea change.....

End of Japanese whaling may be in sight

Feature story | November 11, 2009 at 17:00

We've been watching the horizon for this one for a very long time, but our colleagues up in the crow's nest report that a new blip on the horizon could mean an end to Japanese whaling in Antarctica.

ICCAT meeting update 3: Game on for bluefin

Blog entry by Sarah King | November 12, 2009

From the ICCAT meeting Willie reports......... So, here in Brazil, the game is on. At the end of yesterday’s session the parties around the table at the ICCAT meeting were asked what their priorities were for conserving bluefin tuna...

New baby orca off BC !

Blog entry by Sarah King | November 13, 2009 2 comments

Great news comes today of a new addition to the endangered southern resident orcas bringing the population number to 87. See full story reported by canwest below... New orca baby off B.C. coast Canwest News Service Thu Nov 12...

Seafood Buyer Beware- fish aren't always as they seem

Blog entry by Sarah King | November 16, 2009 1 comment

When shopping, most people assume that what the label says they are buying is actually, in fact, what they are buying. Well, it turns out that for many seafood products you're being fooled and only a DNA testing kit will help you...

Thanks for nothing, ICCAT

Blog entry by Sarah King | November 16, 2009 1 comment

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...

ICCAT fails again to protect the bluefin tuna

Feature story | November 16, 2009 at 17:00

The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) has again failed the Atlantic bluefin tuna, voting at its annual meeting on recommendations that will not ensure the recovery of the depleted species.

Minister Shea applauds ICCAT's failure??

Blog entry by Sarah King | November 17, 2009

Federal Fisheries and Oceans Minister Shea released a statement yesterday offering her congrats to ICCAT members for a job well-done on protecting Atlantic bluefin tuna. My question to Minister Shea is- did I miss something? Did ICCAT...

Supreme Court rejects Tokyo Two appeal for disclosure of key evidence

Blog entry by Sarah King | November 19, 2009 3 comments

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...

Final voyage of the Japanese whaling fleet?

Feature story | November 19, 2009 at 17:00

Greenpeace is calling for this year’s departure of Japan’s so-called ‘scientific’ whaling fleet to be the program’s last.

Final voyage for Japan's whaling fleet? Fingers crossed!

Blog entry by Sarah King | November 19, 2009 3 comments

Can it really be that over 20 years after the global ban on commercial whaling went into effect the Japanese fleet has once again set sail to the Southern ocean in pursuit of almost 1000 minke and fin whales? It's been well over a...

Turtle and FAD

Image | December 4, 2009 at 12:50

A turtle swimming around a fish aggregation device (FAD) belonging to the Ecuadorean purse seiner 'Ingalapagos', which was documented by Greenpeace in the vicinity of the northern Galapagos Islands. Around 10% of the catch generated by purse...

Bluefin fraud and bluefin farms

Blog entry by Sarah King | December 9, 2009

The northern Atlantic bluefin tuna's relative, the southern bluefin tuna has been getting lots of media attention recently for two unrelated, but equally controversial, issues. A study conducted by Columbia University and the...

Blocking protection and getting paid to do it: EU and bluefin

Blog entry by Sarah King | December 9, 2009 1 comment

I wonder how EU citizens feel about financially contributing to the extinction of bluefin tuna.....I'm guessing most woudn't be too impressed, but I'm also guessing very few have any idea. It turns out that 34.5 million euros has been...

No deal in the Pacific as tuna stocks slip away…

Blog entry by Beth Hunter | December 15, 2009

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Happy new year, now let's protect ocean biodiversity

Blog entry by Sarah King | January 15, 2010 1 comment

UN 2010 Calling all global fisheries agencies, I've got the perfect new year's resolution: stop the plunder of the oceans! 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity. The UN is calling it "a celebration of life on earth and...

2010 offers hope for T2 trial

Blog entry by Sarah King | January 15, 2010 1 comment

Well so far 2010 has been a bit more positive for our Tokyo Two awaiting trial in Japan.  Another pre-trial hearing concluded this week, but with reason for optimism as the our defence team was awarded the inclusion of key witnesses in...

Anti-whalers need to win over Japanese public

Blog entry by Sarah King | January 21, 2010 3 comments

An opinion piece by one of the Tokyo two- Junichi. Junichi Sato From: The Australian January 18, 2010 12:00AM   REPORTS in the Australian media continue...

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Pyramid schemes, Paris, and Seafood Summits

Blog entry by Beth Hunter | February 1, 2010

What do pyramid schemes, the Eiffel tower and the annual Seafood Summit have in common? All have some sort of connection to triangles…and pyramid schemes were at the heart of the Summit’s keynote speech yesterday by eminent and...

Italy and France to defend the bluefin?

Blog entry by Sarah King | February 1, 2010

Could it be possible?! Two bluefin fishing nations take a stand to protect the ailing bluefin?! According to recent news,  Italy has announced it will halt fishing for a year and is thought to support a CITES listing and, just...

Hey MSC, didn't the Fraser sockeye collapse?

Blog entry by Sarah King | February 2, 2010 4 comments

Yup, seems they did . As such, many of you may be asking yourself how it could be possible that the Marine Stewardship Council  (MSC) would actually certify this fishery as sustainable.  Well, you're not alone. David Suzuki ( see...

Another supermarket removes some Redlist

Blog entry by Sarah King | February 4, 2010

Today Loblaw announced it will be removing some "at risk" seafood species from sale.  Great news! It's great to see Redlist removal momentum continuing after west-coast retailers, Overwaitea , followed by Safeway , went public...

GUILTY! Japan's justice system "breached human rights of Greenpeace anti-whaling...

Feature story | February 7, 2010 at 17:00

When two of our activists were detained after exposing major corruption in the Japanese whaling industry - we knew the Japanese authorities breached internationally guaranteed human rights. Now, as these two activists prepare to take the stand...

Rights of Tokyo 2 violated according to UN

Blog entry by Sarah King | February 8, 2010

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...

EU supports ban on bluefin!

Blog entry by Sarah King | February 11, 2010

Things are looking up today for the bluefin! Some good news out of the EU Parliament yesterday as members voted in support! See a press release put out by Greenpeace in Europe yesterday below. Fisheries Commissioner backs...

NZ fishing southern bluefin to death

Blog entry by Sarah King | February 11, 2010 3 comments

As the rest of the world is focussed on banning trade of northern bluefin tuna in an attempt to avoid a catastrophic collapse, the NZ government has decided that increasing fishing on the critically endangered southern bluefin is a ...

Baby Oranguatans playing at Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation

Image | February 15, 2010 at 16:01

Two baby orangutans play at the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOS). The orangutans in this center have been rescued because their natural habitat is being destroyed. Orangutans, already endangered, are being pushed to the brink of...

Tokyo Two trial: Prosecution struggles on opening day

Feature story | February 23, 2010 at 9:20

Aomori, Japan — It’s been almost two years since the wrongful arrest of Junichi and Toru for their roles in exposing the corruption and lies woven in the fabric that holds the whaling industry together. As the trial for those charges began, it...

Minister Shea: the best advocate for overfishing votes can buy

Blog entry by Sarah King | February 23, 2010

While the EU commission recommends that the EU supports a listing of bluefin tuna under Appendix I of CITES ( albeit with some ridiculous conditions ), Canada has decided to not only refuse to support the listing but try to...

Tokyo 2 trial-phase one complete

Blog entry by Sarah King | February 24, 2010

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.     ...

MSC strikes again...ocean floor most recent victim

Blog entry by Sarah King | February 25, 2010

The MSC announced today that the eastern Canada offshore scallop fishery will be certified , allowing it to carry the blue and white sticker denoting alleged sustainability.  Dredged sea scallops, found on Greenpeace's Redlist , are...

Second phase of T2 trial has begun

Blog entry by Sarah King | March 10, 2010

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...

Farmed salmon exposed-watch video online

Blog entry by Sarah King | March 10, 2010 1 comment

An enlightening glimpse into Canada's salmon farming industry can now be seen online in Damien Gillis' documentary entitled "Farmed Salmon Exposed: The Global Reach of the Norwegian Salmon Farming Industry". Click here to watch. ...

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