10 results found
 

Super trawlers and bycatch: the true story

Feature Story | 27 August, 2012 at 8:30

As the super trawler Margiris steams towards Australia’s shores, a series of concerns have been raised. One is the impact on marine life, like dolphins and seals, that invariably are caught in the vessel’s enormous nets. Although according to the...

BREAKING NEWS: Greenpeace activists obstruct the Margiris

Feature Story | 1 September, 2012 at 8:06

Right now Greenpeace activists have intercepted controversial Dutch super trawler, FV Margiris, and are obstructing it from sneaking into Port Lincoln Harbour in South Australia.

People power wins! Super trawler banned

Feature Story | 11 September, 2012 at 16:09

A ground-breaking announcement just in...

Super trawler belongs on the scrap heap

Press release | 19 November, 2012 at 15:43

Sydney 19th November, 2012: Greenpeace welcomes the Australian Government’s decision to extend the ban on the super trawler, Abel Tasman, for 2 full years.

Australians win back their oceans

Press release | 11 September, 2012 at 11:47

Tuesday, September 11, Sydney: Greenpeace congratulated the Gillard government today for showing the courage to prevent the Abel Tasman super trawler fishing in our waters. Greenpeace hailed it as a victory for the Australian community which has...

LIVE ACTION: Greenpeace intercepts super trawler, the FV Margiris, off South Australia

Press release | 30 August, 2012 at 9:40

Thursday 30 August, 2012: At 8.45am CST (time in Adelaide) Greenpeace activists on an inflatable boat intercepted the world’s second largest factory fishing trawler, the FV Margiris, and are blocking the monster ship’s attempt to sneak into Port...

The only place for a super trawler is the scrap heap

Feature Story | 19 November, 2012 at 19:11

Greenpeace welcomes the Australian Government’s decision to extend the ban on the super trawler, Abel Tasman, for 2 full years.

10 frightening facts about super trawlers

Feature Story | 22 August, 2012 at 18:17

From Europe to Africa, Greenpeace is campaigning for super trawlers like the Margiris to be removed from the seas. Our campaign has reached Australia now that one of the world’s largest and most notorious super trawlers, the Margiris, is heading...

Who keeps the super trawler afloat?

Feature Story | 23 August, 2012 at 18:05

Greenpeace has revealed that the company behind the super trawler Margiris is being heavily subsidised by EU taxpayers. At a time when fishing capacity must be reduced, the European Government is bankrolling the collapse of fish stocks around the...

Taking on the Margiris super trawler!

Image gallery | 31 August, 2012

1 - 10 of 10 results.