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End of Japanese whaling may be in sight

Press release | November 12, 2009 at 22:58

A major review of Japanese government spending could spell the end to whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, according to Greenpeace, after the review committee proposed massive cuts in subsidies to a body which funds the so-called...

Greenpeace ship sails to protect threatened Pacific tuna stocks

Press release | August 27, 2009 at 0:00

The Greenpeace ship Esperanza is sailing to the Western and Central Pacific Ocean to protect threatened Pacific tuna stocks (1), as the fishing industry reports record catches.

Tuna scientists find Pacific tuna stocks more threatened than ever - Greenpeace

Press release | August 22, 2009 at 0:00

Greenpeace is calling for urgent action in rescuing Pacific tuna fisheries after Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Science meeting concluded stocks are in bigger trouble than previously reported.

Greenpeace delivers second sustainability message to Foodtown

Press release | August 12, 2009 at 3:18

Greenpeace, today, hung a large banner on a downtown Auckland Foodtown supermarket and called on it to implement a sustainable seafood policy (1) and remove bottom trawled species, like orange roughy, from its shelves.

Greenpeace blockades fishing vessel to send sustainability message to Foodtown

Press release | August 7, 2009 at 0:00

Greenpeace activists have stopped a fishing vessel leaving Auckland harbour and are calling on the Foodtown supermarket chain to stop selling orange roughy and implement a sustainable seafood policy. (1)

No Market for Icelandic Whale Meat in Japan

Press release | June 8, 2009 at 0:00

The Japanese trader who accepted an import of fin and minke whale meat from Iceland and Norway last year has told Greenpeace that he will not take any more in the future, because there is no market for the whale meat in Japan.

Supermarkets failing our fisheries

Press release | May 7, 2009 at 22:37

Claims today by New Zealand supermarkets that they are doing enough to ensure that the seafood they sell is from sustainably managed fisheries just don’t stack up, says Greenpeace.

Prime Minister Must Be Fishing In Some Other Ocean

Press release | May 6, 2009 at 0:00

Government claims today that New Zealand's oceans are "teeming with fish" and that the quota management system (QMS) is working are rubbish, says Greenpeace (1).

While Stocks Last - New Zealand Supermarkets And The Future Of Seafood

Press release | May 6, 2009 at 6:40

Supermarkets risk a backlash from concerned customers if they don't stop selling unsustainably-caught fish, Greenpeace is warning. New Zealand-caught species such as orange roughy have already been taken off the shelves of supermarkets in...

Justice for Activists, Justice for the Whales

Press release | February 19, 2009 at 0:48

Greenpeace has staged a whale stranding in Mission Bay, Auckland today, to highlight the start of a court case against two Japanese activists. The activity was timed to coincide with similar activities around the world, directed at the...

Greenpeace takes whaling debate to the Japanese public

Press release | January 27, 2009 at 3:36

Greenpeace, marking 20 years of environmental campaigning in Japan, has opened a new public communications office in the town where two of its activists are due to be put on trial for exposing corruption in the whaling industry.

Kiwis say "arrest me too" in bid to end whaling

Press release | December 10, 2008 at 0:00

Greenpeace today set up an anti-whaling stand outside the Japanese embassy in Wellington where during the lunch hour around 150 people had 'mug shot' style photos taken that read "co-defendant, arrest me as well I want to save the whales". The...

Pacific solidarity essential to save tuna stocks

Press release | November 28, 2008 at 2:47

New Zealand must support efforts by other Pacific countries to stop the plunder of tuna by foreign fishing boats if the region is to avoid a similar collapse to that of the northern tuna fisheries, says Greenpeace.

Hoisting a new flag to combat pirate fishing: blacklist.greenpeace.org

Press release | October 2, 2008 at 3:04

Greenpeace today launched an online database of fishing vessels involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and the companies that own them.

Greenpeace Red Fish List launched in New Zealand

Press release | August 12, 2008 at 7:15

Greenpeace launched a major new consumer seafood campaign at Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World in Auckland yesterday, and released a 'Red Fish' guide listing the 12 most at-risk oceans species.

Greenpeace calls for release of Japanese whaling activists

Press release | June 30, 2008 at 0:42

Responding to the ongoing detainment of Greenpeace Japan activists Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, Greenpeace New Zealand today took its concerns to the Japanese embassy in Wellington.

Global Demand to release Greenpeace Activists in Japan Grows

Press release | June 24, 2008 at 5:52

Two Greenpeace Japan activists, arrested last Friday for exposing an embezzlement ring at the heart of the Japanese government's so-called scientific whaling programme have been ordered to spend a further nine days in jail without charge , after...

Greenpeace activists arrested over whale meat scandal to appear in Court on Sunday

Press release | June 22, 2008 at 23:00

Following an extraordinary and unnecessary police operation to arrest two Greenpeace Japan activists involved in exposing a scandalous whale meat embezzlement ring operating within the Japanese whaling fleet, a court hearing will be held on...

Greenpeace Activists Arrested in Japan for Exposing Stolen Whale Meat Scandal

Press release | June 20, 2008 at 5:37

Two Greenpeace activists in Japan have been arrested for exposing a stolen whale meat scandal involving the Japanese government-sponsored Southern Ocean whaling programme.

Japan resumes scandalous whale hunt

Press release | January 31, 2008 at 23:04

Greenpeace is saddened by reports from the Australian Customs vessel, the Oceanic Viking, that the Fisheries Agency of Japan’s whaling fleet has killed at least five whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.

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