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UN report shows much more needed to protect the deep seas

Greenpeace is calling on the United Nations to put an immediate end to destructive high seas bottom fishing at this year’s general assembly meeting, following today’s release of the UN Secretary General’s own review (1) of the implementation of a resolution designed to protect deep sea life. The report concluded that States are still falling short of their commitments.

Greenpeace activists strategically place rocks on the sea floor in order to stop destructive bottom trawling in Sweden

Greenpeace activists strategically place rocks on the sea floor in order to stop destructive bottom trawling in Sweden

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 do the same thing there.

Greenpeace granite shield protects unique marine life

Greenpeace activists sailed into Swedish waters today and began placing up to 180 granite rocks (1), each weighing between 0.5 and 3 tonnes, on the seabed in order to prevent bottom trawling in areas listed for European Union protection.

Rainbow Warrior prevents illegal fishing ship's escape

Italian marine authorities have confiscated 15 kilometres of driftnets and an illegal catch of 30 bluefin tuna and swordfish from the Italian fishing vessel Frederica II, yesterday. The vessel had tried to flee, but the Greenpeace ship, Rainbow Warrior, kept it in sight until the coastguard’s arrival.

We're gonna need a bigger boat!

Our famous fleet of ships is about to get an extraordinary addition - The Rainbow Warrior III. It will be purpose built from the keel up to fight the greatest threat to the oceans and our world: climate change.

The fishing boat Santa Cristina, from Portugal, bottom trawls for Deep Sea Red Fish (Sabastes Marinus) at depths of 650 meters in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Trawling - centuries old opposition

Bottom trawling is a highly destructive fishing technique in which huge, heavy nets attached to large metal plates and rubber wheels are dragged across the sea bed; they destroy everything in their path.

2008: The year in review

Here's a look at all the efforts for a green and peaceful future that our supporters made possible in 2008.