Stop Ghost Fishing Gear
Ghost fishing gear is nets, ropes and other detritus that’s either lost or abandoned at sea. It’s one of the largest sources of plastic pollution, and it’s the most deadly to marine life. For decades, this ghost gear can go on snaring and killing ocean creatures, causing devastating injury and death. Even when this gear breaks down into smaller pieces, it continues to kill through ingestion. We’ve got a plan to stop it, but we’re going to need your help to do so.
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Greenpeace ‘officially renames’ new Talley’s supertrawler ahead of maiden voyage to NZ
Activists protesting destructive bottom trawling have renamed Talley’s new supertrawler in Spain today, ahead of the ship’s maiden voyage to New Zealand.
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NZ Govt accused of acting as “industry mouthpiece” after bid to open deep-sea coral hotspot to trawling in Tasman Sea
Environmental groups are calling out the New Zealand Government for attempting to reopen a coral hotspot to bottom trawling, despite recent scientific findings proving the site is home to diverse deep sea life.
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The stakes are high for the ocean this election – your vote will count
In Aotearoa we have more ocean than most, and the vast majority of us feel insanely lucky to share it with such diversity of life. But as election day approaches I can’t stop thinking about how this coalition government steered ocean protection off course. On November 7 we have a chance to vote for ocean…