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4.5 million km2 conservation area

Press release | December 31, 2010 at 11:51

Amsterdam, 1 January 2011 - Greenpeace welcomes the entry into force today of a vast marine conservation area in the West and Central Pacific. In an attempt to rescue the region's declining bigeye and yellowfin tuna stocks, the no-take zone bans...

The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise confronts

Image | May 30, 2008 at 1:00

The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise confronts a fleet of Turkish purse seine vessels targeting bluefin tuna in the Cypriot Channel. The Turkish fleet comprises more than 200 purse seiners in total, with enough catch capacity to fish the entire 15...

Activists aboard the Arctic Sunrise display

Image | May 30, 2008 at 1:00

Activists aboard the Arctic Sunrise display a banner calling for “marine reserves now” in English and in Turkish. The Greenpeace ship confronted a fleet of Turkish purse seiner vessels targeting bluefin tuna in the Cypriot Channel. The Turkish...

A fisherman walking home with his catch of

Image | August 4, 2004 at 1:00

A fisherman walking home with his catch of goatfish. In the global race to catch as many fish as possible, the traditional fishers of the Pacific are being overtaken by large industrial fleets from foreign nations.

Workers on a Taiwanese purse seiner trans

Image | August 3, 2004 at 1:00

Workers on a Taiwanese purse seiner trans-ship yellow fin tuna and skipjack tuna to a reefer (refrigerator) ship. As fisheries collapse in other parts of the world, countries are moving their fishing fleets into the Pacific.

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