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Scientists confirm: deepsea fisheries are in deep deep trouble

Press release | 18 October, 2005 at 2:00

Greenpeace today applauded the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) for its drastic but responsible call for a complete overhaul of deep-sea fisheries management in the North Atlantic. ICES is recommending that no new...

Widespread destruction and fisheries mismanagement in the Northwest Atlantic

Press release | 12 August, 2005 at 2:00

The Greenpeace ship, Esperanza, returned to Halifax today with evidence of deep-sea destruction by high seas bottom trawlers. Greenpeace has collected images and documentation of the damage to deep-sea fish stocks and habitats in the...

Seamounts: Rest Stops and Filling Stations for Tuna and Swordfish

Publication | 30 August, 2006 at 2:00

At a workshop held in New Caledonia in March of this year, scientists examined the pivotal role of seamounts in relation to commercially important pelagic species such as albacore (Thunnus alalunga), bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis), bigeye tuna...

7 ways fishing trawlers are bad news for the seabed

Blog entry by Carl Safina | 8 July, 2016 3 comments

I’m writing this in the high Arctic at 78º North Latitude in early July, aboard the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise where I’m a guest for a few days, with 24-hour daylight and gleaming glaciers in the valleys of snow-capped coastal...

5 lesser-known threats to the fragile Arctic Ocean

Blog entry by Emily Buchanan | 19 April, 2016 5 comments

You probably know that climate change is melting Arctic ice  with astonishing speed . And while some hear a warning bell, others see a business opportunity. As Arctic ice disappears, oil companies and fishing fleets are moving further...

Why there's no place I'd rather be than on a Greenpeace ship in the North Sea

Blog entry by Paloma | 20 May, 2016 3 comments

Everything is different on a ship. Walls are bulkheads, ceilings are deckheads, floors are decks, right is starboard, left is port, back is stern and front is bow. At sea, the ground wobbles beneath our feet, rocking us to sleep in our...

Football and bottom trawling

Background | 13 April, 2007 at 11:35

Can't see the link between football and scraping the oceans floors of all life with bottom trawling? Produced during the world cup 2006, this animation will give you a whole new insight into the beautiful game...

Campaigning at sea for the future of the oceans

Blog entry by Francois Chartier | 30 November, 2011 1 comment

The Arctic Sunrise is back in Amsterdam after almost two months on rough seas off the coasts of Scotland and Ireland, campaigning against one of the most destructive fishing practices in the world: deep sea bottom trawling. Our aim was...

Everybody be cool, this is an action!

Blog entry by Martin Lloyd | 18 October, 2006

Greenpeace International proudly presents A will Flash for Cash Production Written, produced and directed by Richard Hanson PULP FISHIN

Tusk's going, will Obama join him?

Blog entry by Martin Lloyd | 5 June, 2009

Yesterday Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed that he will be attending the Climate Summit in Copenhagen, after Greenpeace activists presented him with a petition and a copy of our demands. You can see them here in his hand. ...

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