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Orange roughy on the processing line of a factory bottom trawler.

Fishing fleets are dramatically reducing orange roughy numbers.

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The world's oceans are struggling to survive their greatest threat – overfishing.

Thankfully, it’s not too late to turn the tide. Urgent action is needed to change fishing practices and reclaim our oceans for marine life and coastal communities. 

The Pacific region contains one of the last healthy tuna fisheries left in the world, yet it is threatened by overfishing.

To combat this Greenpeace is working on a range of solutions to help protect fish stocks, and the livelihoods and food supply of the people in the Pacific. Find out more.

Latest overfishing news

Greenpeace frees ocean life from Pacific longliner

The Greenpeace ship Esperanza freed tuna, sharks, marlin and an endangered sea turtle from a Taiwanese longliner on Saturday. The vessel was fishing in the Pacific Commons, the international waters we want to see protected as a marine reserve.

Tuna overkill

Activists from the Esperanza have confronted a US fishing vessel hauling up a huge catch in international waters.