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Recent developments

Last ditch attempts to save the majestic Atlantic bluefin tuna from
commercial extinction are now under consideration.

Save the bluefin tuna: ban international trade

A last ditch attempt to save the majestic Atlantic bluefin tuna from commercial extinction is now under consideration.

Marine reserves - just a stone's throw away

This week we have created a granite shield against bottom trawling in a fragile and ecologically important marine area in Sweden. Our activists sailed into Swedish waters and have so far placed 140 granite rocks (each weighing between 0.5 and 3 tonnes) in the Lilla Middelgrund in the Kattegat. Our intention is to move to nearby Fladen and the same thing there.

Greenpeace launches spoof ad campaign: "There's probably no Cod."

Greenpeace has launched an ad campaign on buses and a billboard in Halifax and on a billboard in Ottawa that reads: “There’s probably no cod. Now let’s stop overfishing & think of the future.”

Videos on bottom trawling

A backgrounder on bottom trawling.

Deep Sea Creatures

Documents and reports

Bottom Trawling Factsheet

18 October 2004

Oceans Factsheet - Moratorium on Bottom Trawling

18 October 2004

High seas bottom trawl fisheries and their impacts on the biodiversity of vulnerable deep-sea ecosystems

01 June 2004

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