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Overfishing

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.

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Greenpeace and KFEM activists display a banner in Busan, Korea, the venue of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission meeting this week. Greenpeace and KFEM support the proposal by Pacific Island countries for closure of the high seas areas to fishing, and a reduction of the tuna catch in the region. Enlarge image

An SOS from Pacific tuna

Greenpeace activists created a huge human sign – “SOS Tuna” – on the shores of South Korea's Haeundae Beach. Effective measures to protect depleting tuna stocks in the Pacific are needed from a key regional meeting in Korea this week.

Greenpeace Australia Pacific Oceans Team Leader Nilesh Goundar presents the newly named 'donut holes' &ndash the three pockets of international waters proposed as marine reserves. Enlarge image

Sea-born protectors of the Pacific unveiled

A sea snake, sea horse and turtle were chosen as mascots for three newly named proposed marine reserves in the Pacific. The announcement comes as the Esperanza winds up its tour in the region with some revealing findings.

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