All articles by Ellie Hooper
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Seamount Expedition Day 9-10: It’s all about the weather
Day 9 brings the best conditions we’ve had since we set off. We’re in the middle of the Tasman, not exactly known for its calm waters, but there’s barely a wave.
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Bottom trawling and why it’s bad for the ocean
Bottom trawling is an incredibly destructive method of fishing that involves dragging weighted nets across the seafloor. It causes wide scale damage to our oceans, but New Zealand fishing companies still use it both locally and internationally.
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Seamount Expedition. Day 8: First seamount survey!
Today we continue our transit, we exit New Zealand waters and reach the high seas mid morning. We’re headed to a seamount on the Challenger Plateau, ETA 11.30 – this…
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Seamount Expedition Day 7: Transit and test
We’re still transiting out towards the Challenger Plateau in the High Seas. En route we do our deepest test yet, taking the DropCam to 300 metres.
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Seamount Expedition Day 5-6: Testing, testing, testing
After arriving in Marlborough Sounds 0700, and a quick all crew briefing to set out the work for the day ahead, the different teams get to work to prepare the…
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Seamount Expedition Day 4: All onboard
All crew, scientists and Greenpeace team join the vessel in Port Wellington in time. Come and meet the team.
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Greenpeace seamounts expedition sets off to uncover secrets of the deep
A Greenpeace expedition to survey seamounts and other deep sea habitats has set off this week.
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Seamount Expedition Day 1-3 Kitting out the vessel
And it’s a go. After over a year of planning, we’re here in Wellington, Aotearoa – getting the ship ready to head out and explore ocean life in the deep…
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Greenpeace obtains coordinates of coral destruction NZ Government refused to reveal
The New Zealand government is refusing to release details of the location a New Zealand bottom trawler hauled up deep sea coral late last year, despite Greenpeace offering to go and survey the site.
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Coral pulled up by NZ trawler “environmental vandalism”
Revelations that a New Zealand trawler has destroyed kilograms of deep sea corals in a region of the South Pacific earmarked for protection, illustrates exactly why New Zealand must stop trawling these international waters.