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Greenpeace activists attempt to stop a whale from being hauled in onto a factory whaling ship.

Greenpeace activists attempt to stop a whale from being hauled in onto a factory whaling ship.

We know more about Mars than we know about deep ocean life, yet we are destroying it with seabed trawling. We have hunted many whale species to the brink of extinction. Modern fishing methods scoop up fish stocks faster than they can be replenished.  Meanwhile, pollution creates huge 'dead zones' in the world's oceans.

Greenpeace is working to protect the world’s whale populations, stop marine pollution and end the destructive over fishing currently threatening the entire ocean ecosystem.

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Recent developments

Final voyage of the Japanese whaling fleet?


Following a week of potentially crippling budgetary reviews and a high-profile visit from US President Barack Obama to Japan, the so-called 'scientific' whaling fleet crept out of port. Greenpeace called for the departure to be the program's last.

Final voyage of the Japanese whaling fleet? Enlarge Image

Final voyage of the Japanese whaling fleet?

Greenpeace is calling for this year’s departure of Japan’s so-called ‘scientific’ whaling fleet to be the program’s last.

ICCAT fails again to protect the bluefin tuna Enlarge Image

ICCAT fails again to protect the bluefin tuna

The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) has again failed the Atlantic bluefin tuna, voting at its annual meeting on recommendations that will not ensure the recovery of the depleted species.

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Recent developments

Final voyage of the Japanese whaling fleet?

Final voyage of the Japanese whaling fleet?

Greenpeace is calling for this year’s departure of Japan’s so-called ‘scientific’ whaling fleet to be the program’s last.

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ICCAT fails again to protect the bluefin tuna

ICCAT fails again to protect the bluefin tuna

The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) has again failed the Atlantic bluefin tuna, voting at its annual meeting on recommendations that will not ensure the recovery of the depleted species.

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Using water jets to block the view of the harpooner, activists from the Esperanza position themselves between a fleeing Antarctic minke whale and the Japanese catcher ship Kyo Maru No.1.

End of Japanese whaling may be in sight

We've been watching the horizon for this one for a very long time, but our colleagues up in the crow's nest report that a new blip on the horizon could mean an end to Japanese whaling in Antarctica.

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