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How does overfishing make climate change worse?
For the oceans, one of the biggest drivers of biodiversity loss is industrial-scale fishing. Fish stocks and ocean ecosystems are in decline in many parts of the world because of overfishing and destructive techniques.
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Reasons to be cheerful (in the long term)
Despite all the other flibberty gibbet behaviours that come at this stage of the electoral cycle, the latest polls give some hope that there’s a developing appetite for long term thinking.
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Sharks are thriving at the Kermadec Islands, but not the rest of New Zealand, amid global decline
Sharks are thriving at the Kermadec Islands, but not the rest of NZ, shows new report.
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Cabo Pulmo, an ocean sanctuary success story for people and wildlife
Cabo Pulmo is a coral reef in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It’s home to a huge variety of life including lots of different fishes, crustaceans, molluscs, birds.
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World Conservation Day: 6 conservation success stories from around the world
History shows that if we move fast and act with courage, humanity can protect and restore our most important places, and bring amazing creatures back from the edge of extinction.
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Groups vow to defend Court of Appeal seabed mining decision
Groups opposing seabed mining said today they will be “vigorously opposing” a Supreme Court appeal by seabed miners.
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Govt must not pass up opportunity for transformation
Greenpeace says the newly released Government plan for the Primary Sector is a missed opportunity to build back better.
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Why New Zealand needs cameras on commercial fishing boats
Last week, leaked audio revealed the Minister of Fisheries, Stuart Nash, blaming NZ First for delays to cameras on commercial fishing boats.
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Secret recording confirms NZ First blocking ocean protection
Following confirmation from Stuart Nash that NZ First is blocking ocean protection, it’s time to exclude them from fishing and ocean protection decisions, says Greenpeace.
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Leaked phone call exposes NZ First control of fishing policy
A leaked recording of a phone call made by Fisheries Minister Stuart Nash confirms that NZ First is controlling critical elements of the Government’s fishing policy, in particular the decision to stop cameras on fishing boats.