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Murky Waters

Publication | 3 March, 2006 at 1:00

Deep-sea bottom trawling is one of the most damaging forms of fishing practised today. However, identification of European vessels and companies involved in this high seas destruction is difficult, due to poor governance and the lack of...

Who rammed whom?

Feature story | 28 December, 2005 at 1:00

We've been here before: the Southern Ocean, the Japanese whaling fleet, Greenpeace defending the lives of whales in the face of so called "scientific whaling". And in true de ja vu style, the whalers are once again accusing Greenpeace of...

Revealed: Icelandic whale in storage, landfill

Feature story | 24 January, 2007 at 9:51

In Iceland we have discovered an unprecedented amount of the whale meat from the recent hunt has not been used. Even whaling captain Sigurður Njálsson has said the meat is unfit for domestic consumption. 200 tonnes of the meat is in storage with...

Iceland harpoons deep-sea protection

Feature story | 23 November, 2006 at 1:00

The proposed moratorium on high-seas bottom trawling was harpooned today at the UN, as Iceland put the interests of their fishing fleets above other countries and scientific advice (sound familiar?). Even Canada and Spain gave in to common sense...

Bottom trawling: the UN decides

Feature story | 17 November, 2006 at 1:00

This week will be our last chance for the UN to call for a moratorium on bottom trawling. The world is watching as Canada and Spain threaten to scupper what scientists call an "overwhelming" case. Take action now!

10,000 boxes of stolen fish making for Las Palmas

Feature story | 11 April, 2006 at 2:00

We're on the tail of a huge cargo ship full of stolen fish heading to the Spanish port of Las Palmas. The fish, taken from the waters of one of Africa's poorest countries - Guinea Conakry - is bound for the plates of European consumers. Ships...

Making Piracy History

Feature story | 27 February, 2006 at 1:00

Armed and masked, scouring the oceans, stealing food from hungry families – modern day pirates are a far cry from the glamour of Hollywood movies. But they are a multi billion-dollar reality for many communities that can least afford to be robbed...

Your turn to save whales

Feature story | 20 January, 2006 at 1:00

The inflatable boats have been hauled in. The crew is exhausted, the ships need fuel, and it's time to take the campaign to save the whales from the high seas to the High Street, (or from the bounding main to the Main street, if you're North...

A victory for the whales

Feature story | 13 January, 2006 at 1:00

Our Argentine Ocean Defenders have hit Nissui in their pockets. Nissui own about one third of Kyodo Senpaku -- the people who run the Japanese whaling fleet. Our cyberactivists have convinced a major Nissui client in Argentina not to buy from a...

Threats to the Oceans

Publication | 17 November, 2005 at 10:28

"There's enough on this planet for everyone's needs but not for everyone's greed"Mahatma GandhiShort summary of the key threats to our oceans - industrial and destructive fishing, wholesale stealing of fish stocks, fish farming, pollution and...

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