Chasing pirates, freeing animals, confronting illegal activity on the high seas – sounds like something out of an adventure movie. Actually, it's the reality of our action-packed ship tour in the Pacific.
The oceans are in deep peril and need drastic action. Marine reserves could be the answer, according to a report released by the World Watch Institute and Greenpeace.
Australia and Pacific Island countries are urged to maintain their leading role in high seas protection at an important Regional Fisheries Management meeting in Chile.
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.
As the EU, Russia, and South Korea sink a bottom-trawling protection plan at a key meeting in Hobart, Greenpeace turns its focus to the UN. In the next few weeks the world’s governments have an opportunity to declare a moratorium on unregulated high seas bottom trawling, or send us towards a future where seafood is gone by 2048.
Pacific Island nations (including Australia) are leading the battle against destructive fishing practices after they endorsed a declaration on deep sea bottom trawling earlier this week.
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