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A fishy identity crisis

Feature story | 14 March, 2006 at 1:00

So you own five illegal trawlers called the Oyra, Ostroe, Okhotino, Olchan and Ostrovets. Things aren't looking good for you when in 2005, your boats are involved in the collapse of the fish stocks of the North Atlantic. Sounds like you need a...

Discussing destruction

Feature story | 3 March, 2006 at 1:00

High-seas bottom trawling is destroying deep-sea habitats before we even know about them. For the umpteenth time in the last three years, politicians are meeting to discuss (maybe) doing something about it. While they talk deep-sea destruction is...

Bioprospecting in the deep sea

Publication | 17 November, 2005 at 1:00

The expanding exploration of deep-sea marine biodiversity for scientific, as well as commercial purposes (also knownas “bioprospecting”) has drawn increasing attention to the question of access to and benefits from marine geneticresources in...

Landmark agreement for the deep-sea

Feature story | 26 May, 2007 at 2:00

After four years of campaigning to bring an end to deep-sea bottom trawling, an international agreement has been made to protect just under 25 percent of the high seas from this incredibly destructive fishing method.

Tuna Melt-Down

Publication | 13 March, 2006 at 14:29

Up to two metres long, weighing in at as much as 1,500lbs or nearly 700 kilos, able to sprint as fast as a horse, dive a mile in minutes with a metallic flash, the tuna is one of the kings of the ocean. Like us, it is warm blooded. Its ability to...

Whale sanctuary under siege

Publication | 18 November, 2005 at 9:19

Established in 1994, the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary is under siege like never before. This year nearly one thousand whales can expect to find no quarter or refuge in the protected waters around the Antarctic. They will be hunted down and...

Marine reserves - a solution to ocean destruction

Publication | 18 November, 2005 at 1:00

Three quarters of the world’s fish stocks are under threat from over fishing according to the United Nations. Our oceans are vast, but not limitless. They give life to theplanet and contain 80% of all life on it. They provide the primary food...

Industrial Whaling Factsheet

Publication | 18 November, 2005 at 8:39

Call me Ishmael...! Whaling folklore speaks of tradition, of the noble hunt, of man pitting his wits against the ferocious sea and against mighty intelligent leviathans.But the history of whaling is far from glamorous, far from something to look...

Ocean Defenders

Publication | 18 November, 2005 at 9:09

This year Greenpeace is mounting the most ambitious ship expedition it has ever done and you are invited to join us. We will set sail together, you on the web, Greenpeace onthe water. We will witness a year in the life of our oceans, we will act...

NGO Statement on fisheries communities affected by the tsunami

Publication | 8 March, 2005 at 1:00

Statement by Non-Government Orgnisations to the 26th Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI), 8th March 2005

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