{"id":63591,"date":"2024-05-07T11:58:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T23:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=63591"},"modified":"2024-07-12T09:19:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T21:19:05","slug":"there-is-some-fin-special-about-the-oceans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/there-is-some-fin-special-about-the-oceans\/","title":{"rendered":"There is some-fin special about the oceans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of the most extraordinary experiences I\u2019ve had as a marine biologist was when we were tracking lobsters on Wolf Island in the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands in 2003. The work occurred at night, so I used to take a nap after lunch. One day, I was still asleep in my pyjamas when suddenly, someone came running to tell me there was a whale shark under the boat. I thought they were joking, and tried to ignore them, but they kept insisting, and when I looked over the deck, sure enough, there it was. I was so excited that I just jumped into the water. The crew passed me a diving mask, and I spent the next 45 minutes swimming around in my pyjamas with a juvenile whale shark. I started asking myself where it had come from and where it was going. Years later, I would discover that juvenile whale sharks are actually quite rare in the Gal\u00e1pagos. Most whale sharks here are large adult females, and we still don\u2019t know why!<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2024\/05\/df4476e6-dscf5352-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66802\" title=\"Alex Hearn\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shark scientist Alex Hearn photographed during a tagging expedition with Greenpeace off the coast of Isabela Island in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>The natural environment has always fascinated me. Initially, I wanted to become an ornithologist because I love birds. I never saw myself as a marine scientist until I was about sixteen when we went on a school trip to the north of Spain. We spent a week in Galicia doing science work on the seashore and boats, which changed everything for me. After finishing my PhD in Ocean Science in 2001, I came to the Gal\u00e1pagos, and I\u2019ve been involved in research here ever since.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>I joined the 2024 Greenpeace Gal\u00e1pagos expedition on the Arctic Sunrise to help gather information on the variety of fish and larger marine life that live in the oceans around the Gal\u00e1pagos Marine Reserve. The open ocean is much more vulnerable than we thought, and we need a baseline to measure change and improve the conservation of this area.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2024\/05\/640c673f-gp0su0fru.jpg\" alt=\"Hammerhead shark in Galapagos. \u00a9 Greenpeace\" class=\"wp-image-66805\" title=\"Hammerhead shark in Galapagos. \u00a9 Greenpeace\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A juvenile smooth hammerhead shark seen in the Gal\u00e1pagos, Ecuador.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>The primary goal of this expedition was to track sharks around the Gal\u00e1pagos Marine Reserve and understand to what extent they live inside protected waters and move out to unprotected waters. In this region, there are several endangered or critically endangered migratory species that we\u2019re interested in, like hammerhead sharks, which move between the Gal\u00e1pagos Island and Cocos Island along a swimway called the Cocos Ridge.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Human activities like overfishing, poaching, or ship strikes directly impact these creatures, and there are things we can do about these dangers. By studying the populations, habitats, and migratory routes of the affected species, we can create areas to protect them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2024\/05\/d7282dd0-gp0su0fry.jpg\" alt=\"&lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Greenpeace Aotearoa is &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/community.greenpeace.org.nz\/events\/public-meeting-protect-drinking-water&quot;&gt;hosting a public meeting in Rangiora this Saturday&lt;\/a&gt; to mobilise efforts to protect water quality in the region, just two weeks after the Government\u2019s fast-track project list was revealed to include significant irrigation schemes.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&gt;\n\n&lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The organisation will also be running two free nitrate contamination drinking water testing events: one in Amberley on October 18th, and one in Oxford on October 20th.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&gt;\n\n&lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Greenpeace\u2019s Canterbury-based freshwater campaigner, Will Appelbe, says, \u201cEveryone should be able to take a dip in their local river or drink the water coming out of their tap without getting sick. But for many rural communities, particularly in Canterbury, that\u2019s becoming less and less possible.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&gt;\n\n&lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;\u201cNow, the Christopher Luxon Government is actively pushing through legislation that will worsen water quality in Canterbury, such as the fast-track bill. The irrigation schemes included in the fast-track schedule would suck the life out of already-fragile rivers and return polluted water back into the environment through further dairy intensification in the region.\u201d&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&gt;\n\n&lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Greenpeace has been running free drinking water testing events across the country, as well as a free mail-in water testing service, for the last three years, to raise awareness of increasing levels of nitrate in drinking water.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&gt;\n\n&lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The organisation says that many rural communities in Canterbury are seeing levels of nitrate in drinking water increasing, while a growing body of science has linked prolonged exposure to elevated levels of nitrate, to increased health risks including risks of bowel cancer and preterm birth.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&gt;\n\n&lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;\u201cMore irrigation means more intensive dairying, which is polluting lakes, rivers, and drinking water with high levels of nitrate,\u201d says Appelbe.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&gt;\n\n&lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;\u201cWe\u2019re hosting this public meeting to discuss the increasing threats to water quality in Canterbury and to provide a way for local communities to engage with efforts to prevent water pollution at the source.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&gt;\n\n&lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;\u201cGreenpeace will continue to stand with communities and fight to end pollution of lakes, rivers, and drinking water. Ultimately, we need to reduce the dairy herd, end the use of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser, and stop big new irrigation schemes.\u201d&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&gt;\n\n&lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The Greenpeace public meeting will be held at The Skurr Centre, Rangiora Showgrounds, on Saturday 19th October, from 6:30pm. The organisation is also running free drinking water testing in &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/community.greenpeace.org.nz\/events\/water-testing-amberley&quot;&gt;Amberley on the 18th October&lt;\/a&gt; from 1-5pm at the Holy Innocents Anglican Church, and in&lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/community.greenpeace.org.nz\/events\/water-testing-oxford&quot;&gt; Oxford on the 20th October &lt;\/a&gt;from 9:30am-3pm in the Oxford Town Hall A&amp;P Room.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&gt;\" class=\"wp-image-66806\" title=\"Hammerhead shark in Galapagos. \u00a9 Greenpeace\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A juvenile smooth hammerhead shark seen in the Gal\u00e1pagos, Ecuador.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>The historic Global Ocean Treaty is a tool countries can use, but they must first ratify it as quickly as possible. The Treaty can only be brought to life once at least 60 governments have written it into their national laws.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>If we\u2019re serious about protecting 30% of the world\u2019s oceans by 2030, political leaders must prioritise Treaty ratification or time will run out. Leaders come and go, but the ones who ratify the Treaty will leave a legacy of lasting impact for generations to come.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2024\/05\/be26c4fa-gp0stznbs.jpg\" alt=\"Markus Mauthe Galapagos- Underwater. \u00a9 Markus Mauthe \/ Greenpeace\" class=\"wp-image-66803\" title=\"Markus Mauthe Galapagos- Underwater. \u00a9 Markus Mauthe \/ Greenpeace\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Underwater images of Yellowtail Surgeonfish near Isabela Island from Markus Mauthe\u2019s Galapagos Trip for his worldwide project The Climate Turning Points.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>The oceans not only provide a home to many incredible species, but they\u2019re also extremely important in regulating the climate. There is no green without blue. The high seas comprise over 60% of the world\u2019s oceans, and whether we think about them or not, they are relevant to our daily lives. Oceanographers recently discovered that Gal\u00e1pagos can affect the climate as far away as the United Kingdom thanks to a system of currents&nbsp; that transports heat throughout the oceans.<\/p>\n\n<p>We\u2019re one little blue planet floating in the middle of a vast, cold emptiness of space. Without the oceans, there is no life on Earth; that\u2019s why we simply cannot fail to protect them.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2024\/05\/85ad6a92-gp0stzng2.jpg\" alt=\"Protect the Oceans Banner in the Pacific Ocean. \u00a9 Tom\u00e1s Munita \/ Greenpeace\" class=\"wp-image-66804\" title=\"Protect the Oceans Banner in the Pacific Ocean. \u00a9 Tom\u00e1s Munita \/ Greenpeace\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Filmmaker F\u00e1bio Erdos holds a banner next to the Arctic Sunrise in the Pacific Ocean, between Gal\u00e1pagos and Ecuador.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p><em>Alex Hearn is a Professor of Marine Biology at Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador and co-founder of the Gal\u00e1pagos Whale Shark Project and MigraMar.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t<section\n\t\t\tclass=\"boxout post-61002 \"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action 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