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Glimmer of hope for Pacific tuna

Feature story | December 12, 2008 at 0:00

The final outcome of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission is too weak to stop overfishing of Pacific bigeye and yellowfin tuna. Pacific islanders are still at great risk from the collapse of this fishery. But the decision to close...

Sending out an SOS for Pacific tuna

Feature story | December 8, 2008 at 0:00

Our activists together with Korean environmental group KFEM created a huge human "SOS Tuna" banner on the shores of a beach in Busan, Korea, as a key regional meeting in Korea began this week. This extremely critical meeting will decide the fate...

New Evidence of Threats to Pacific Tuna Stocks

Press release | October 1, 2009 at 16:49

New evidence to show the urgent need for marine reserves in the Pacific, as part of a global network of protection, was today presented by Greenpeace to the officials who can make or break the future of tuna in the Pacific.

Hoisting a new flag to combat pirate fishing: blacklist.greenpeace.org

Press release | October 2, 2008 at 0:00

Greenpeace today launched an online database of fishing vessels involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and the companies that own them.

Greenpeace calls for arrest of illegal Japanese fishing ship

Press release | October 9, 2009 at 0:00

Greenpeace today called for the arrest of the captain of the Japanese ship Koyu Maru 3, which was caught fishing illegally in the Cook Islands.

Greenpeace confiscates Korean tuna fishing gear

Press release | September 14, 2009 at 0:00

Pacific Ocean – Activists from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza, campaigning to end the destruction of the world’s oceans, today confiscated fishing gear from Korean longline ship MFV Oryong 717 in the international waters of the Pacific which is...

Taiwanese ships caught illegally transferring tuna at sea

Press release | September 2, 2009 at 0:00

Western Pacific Ocean – Two Taiwanese longline tuna fishing vessels were today caught by Greenpeace in the act of illegally transferring fish at sea (1). Fishing vessels Her Hae and Jia Yu Fa were carrying tuna and shark fins, and were...

Urgent action by Japan needed to protect the Pacific tuna

Press release | September 11, 2009 at 0:00

Western Pacific Ocean – Activists from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza, campaigning to end the destruction of the world’s oceans, today unfurled banners saying "Marine Reserves Now" and "No Return from Overfishing" after witnessing Japanese purse...

Greenpeace ship heading to Pacific to protect threatened tuna stocks

Press release | August 27, 2009 at 0:00

The Greenpeace ship Esperanza is sailing to the Western and Central Pacific Ocean to protect threatened Pacific tuna stocks (1), as the fishing industry reports record catches.

Working to keep pirates and overfishing out of my backyard

Blog entry by Lagi Toribau, Greenpeace Australia Pacific | March 23, 2012 4 comments

Tuna is the lifeline for many Pacific island communities - a source of income, jobs and food. That’s why, as a Pacific islander and someone who has been working on oceans conservation for over a decade, I am still very angry at the...

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