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Here's some of the latest news items concerning Marine Reserves:
Mediterranean Sea, Arctic Sunrise - crew of the Arctic Sunrise confiscate a length of illegal driftnet from the Italian fishing vessel Diomede II, fishing off the coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea. Greenpeace has called on the Italian coastguard to confiscate the remaining net and seize the vessel's catch. The Arctic Sunrise is currently in the Mediterranean as part of a three-month ship tour, tackling threats to the sea and promoting marine reserves to protect the health and productivity of the Mediterranean. Enlarge Image

Fishing out the Pirates of the Mediterranean updated

Just a few days into our three-month “Defending Our Mediterranean” tour, and already the Arctic Sunrise has come face-to-face with pirates. In the early hours of the morning, we confiscated almost two kilometres of illegal driftnet, containing dead, undersized bluefin tuna - and a small sea turtle.

An endangered olive ridley turtle rescued by Greenpeace from a Taiwanese longliner. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace frees ocean life from Pacific longliner

The Greenpeace ship Esperanza freed tuna, sharks, marlin and an endangered sea turtle from a Taiwanese longliner on Saturday. The vessel was fishing in the Pacific Commons, the international waters we want to see protected as a marine reserve.

Coris julis over a Zostera seagrass bed near Kas. The Rainbow Warrior is in the Mediterranean for a three-month ship tour taking action on the threats to the sea and calling for a network of large-scale marine reserves to protect the health and productivity of the Mediterranean Sea. Enlarge Image

Defending our Mediterranean tour launches

The Mediterranean Sea is a global treasure. Rich seagrass meadows and rocky reefs dominate its coastal zone while an awe-inspiring array of underwater mountains (seamounts), cold seeps and trenches are found on its seabed.

New species of sponge (Aaptos kanuux) discovered during Greenpeace Bering Sea Expedition in the summer of 2007. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace discovers new species in threatened Bering Sea

Our research voyage to the Bering Sea has led to the discovery of a species of sponge new to science. Using state-of-the-art manned submarines to explore the world's deepest underwater canyons the new sponge was collected in samples of never before seen life from the Bering Sea floor.

Activists present message directly at an international seafood fair - "Time and Tuna are running out". Enlarge Image

Brussels Seafood Expo - business closed!

"Ladies and Gentlemen your attention please, the Dongwon, Mitsubishi, Moon Marine, Azzopardi and Ricardo Fuentes stalls are now closed." That was one message being relayed over the public address sound system at the Brussels Seafood Expo today, as Greenpeace closed down the stands of five tuna suppliers - including the world's largest, Mitsibushi.

Greenpeace activists demonstrate against tuna fishing operations in the international waters of the Pacific by deploying a banner reading "Marine Reserves Now" alongside the Korean purse seiner Olympus, 17 April 2008. Greenpeace was calling on the Olympus to leave the area that Greenpeace is defending as a no-take marine reserve. Enlarge Image

Time's running out for tuna

Tuna stocks in the Pacific are running out due to overfishing from illegal and commercial fishing fleets.

Activists demand illegal whale meat aboard the Panamanian-flagged Oriental Bluebird be refused by customs. Greenpeace provided Japanese officials with documentary evidence of meat being transferred at sea from the whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean -- a violation of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Enlarge Image

International law broken to pursue whaling

The international convention that helped save the elephant and rhino from extinction at the hands of poachers is now being ignored by the Japanese Fisheries Agency to continue whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.

Penguins in Antarctica. Enlarge Image

A decade of Antarctic protection

On this date in 1998, more than ten years of Greenpeace efforts delivered a champagne moment, when an extraordinary international agreement came into force, protecting the Antarctic continent from oil and minerals exploitation for the next five decades. Today, we take a moment to honour the efforts that are still keeping an entire continent safe from the catastrophe of oil spills, even as we redouble our efforts to protect its oceans from further threats.

Underwater banner reading "Marine Reserves Now!" next to octopus in Menorca, Spain. Greenpeace is calling for a global network of marine reserves covering 40% of the Mediterrenean Sea. Enlarge Image

Fisheries Council locked out, ought to be sacked

The European Fisheries Council ought to be sacked. That was one message from 200 Greenpeace activists from 14 European countries this morning when they blocked the seven entrances to the EU building where the Fisheries Council was due to meet to determine catch levels for 2008.

Oil soaked bird. After last weekend's storm in the Black Sea, which sunk and damaged several ships, including oil tankers - approximately 2 thousand tonnes of heavy oil spilled into the sea. Enlarge Image

Kerch oil spill

Our team on the ground reports that mitigation efforts were severely hampered due to more bad weather. Kilometres of coast are soaked in oil, and more has sunk to the seabed. An estimated 30,000 birds have died. The full extent of the disaster has yet to be assessed.

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