Australian and Pacific activists from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza, freed marine life and confiscated fishing gear from a Korean longliner, MFV Oryong 717, in international waters of the Pacific proposed as a future marine reserve.
Pacific Island countries can tap into demand from Europe for over 70 million tins of skipjack tuna by kick starting sustainable pole and line fisheries.
Four high seas pockets of the Pacific Ocean could be off limits to fishing, if the Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) (1) meeting in December agrees to a decision taken by Pacific Island Ministers at the end of the fifth meeting of the Ministerial Forum Fisheries Committee (2) said Greenpeace today.
The outcome of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) is a failed compromise - one which is too weak to stop the overfishing of the Pacific bigeye and yellowfin tuna.
An online database of fishing vessels involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing was launched by Greenpeace International today (1). The Greenpeace IUU blacklist is the first fully public one-stop, independent record of fishing vessels, support vessels and companies involved in pirate fishing.
August 19, 2008: The region needs to be fortified against regional security threats such as excessive greenhouse gas emissions, overfishing, and rampant deforestation Greenpeace urged leaders at the Pacific Island Forum in Niue this week.
WOMAR the sea snake, GOMAR the seahorse and MOMAR the sea turtle have been chosen by ocean defenders to be mascots for three newly-named proposed marine reserve areas in the Pacific.
Greenpeace activists today confronted a Spanish owned “super super seiner” which takes almost double the entire annual catch of some Pacific Island countries in a single fishing trip. The biggest and most devastatingly efficient tuna catching vessel in the world, the Albatun Tres was caught deploying its net on the far west side of Phoenix Islands (1) of Kiribati. Activists laid a 25 metre floating banner reading ‘No Fish, No Future’ into the net in an attempt to prevent the vessel hauling in its net.
Greenpeace yesterday exposed an illegal tuna purse seiner, the Queen Evelyn 168, in a pocket of international waters between Papua New Guinea and the Federated States of Micronesia. The Queen Evelyn 168 is not authorised to undertake any fishing activities in this part of the Pacific.
It was a win for Pacific people yesterday as their leaders took the lead in opposing the destructive fishing practice of High Seas Bottom Trawling (HSBT) (1) by issuing the Declaration on Deep-Sea Bottom Trawling to Protect Biodiversity in the High Seas.
Following a two month collaboration with local enforcement officials, Greenpeace today highlighted the loopholes exploited by foreign fishing fleets in order to steal tuna from the Pacific.
A pirate vessel black-listed under the Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) has been found in the port of Suva and local authorities alerted to investigate, said Greenpeace oceans campaigner Nilesh Goundar.
Pacific Island governments should call on Japan and other Distant Water Fishing nations (DWFNs)to immediately pay for tuna stolen in the region, said Greenpeace oceans campaigner Nilesh Goundar.
The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition welcomes the Australian Senate vote calling for Australia to pursue all diplomatic avenues to ensure Australia’s position on high seas bottom trawling is adopted at the forthcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
A suspected pirate fishing boat has fled the Kiribati authorities and run to the high seas (1). The ship was boarded and inspected by crew and Kiribati fisheries officers onboard the Greenpeace ship the Esperanza, in a joint surveillance and enforcement operation.
Greenpeace are calling for all Pacific Island countries to keep an eye out for, and to investigate on sight the Dongwon 117, part of the Korean owned Dongwon Industries fleet.
Greenpeace today called for an immediate fishing ban on all boats in the Pacific who fail to report to local authorities. The call came at a key meeting starting today in Brisbane.
Greenpeace today called for an immediate fishing ban on all boats in the Pacific who fail to report to local authorities. The call came at a key meeting starting today in Brisbane.
Greenpeace today wrapped up a two week collaboration with the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), patrolling their fishing grounds for illegal fishing activity. It marks the first part of the Pacific leg of Greenpeace’s global Defending our Oceans tour, highlighting the threats facing our oceans.
Greenpeace have today launched the Pacific leg of a 15 month “Defending Our Oceans” ship expedition, highlighting the beauty of our oceans and exposing the threats they face, the greatest of which is overfishing.
