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Release our activists

Page | June 20, 2008 at 23:06

I see red, I see red, I see red

Blog entry by Nick | June 20, 2008

No it's not a Split Enz song it's a new international fish red list. In a new report , Greenpeace has shown that in the U.S., most supermarkets purchase seafood with little consideration of where it came from, how it was caught, or...

Don't mention the whales

Blog entry by Nick | June 20, 2008

Hello from Santiago, Chile, where the Greenpeace Whales team is gathering for this years International Whaling Commission meeting. There'll be more news in the coming days like an update on today's "Future of the IWC" discussion -...

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 holds whale activists without charge (Updated)

Feature story | June 20, 2008 at 0:00

Japanese police have arrested two Greenpeace activists for exposing a whale meat scandal involving the government-sponsored whaling programme. The two activists, Junichi Sato, 31, and Toru Suzuki, 41, are being investigated for allegedly stealing...

Send a virtual origami whale to Japan

Blog entry by Nick | June 18, 2008

Our protest pod of over 25,000 origami whales is heading to Japan with a message for Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, asking him to end the government’s support for the whaling industry. Help us triple that figure by the time...

Screen shot of the origami whale petition

Image | June 18, 2008 at 3:21

Screen shot of the origami whale petition, where you can create and customise your own origami whale to send with a message to the Japanese Prime Minister.

Something fishy

Blog entry by Fran | June 12, 2008

As climate change highlights new challenges facing businesses, one practice has been attracting attention, and that is the strange fishing trade going on between New Zealand and China. Fishing industry heavyweights such as Talley’s...

Whaling fleet crew told to stay at home

Blog entry by Nick | June 2, 2008

The dodgy whale meat. © Greenpeace According to some juicy information received by our team in Japan, the crew members of the Nisshin Maru and the rest of the whaling fleet, who would by now have already left port for the annual North...

The World's Largest Tuna Fishing Vessel

Video | May 28, 2008 at 17:30

Kiribati — We chased it for 5 days, but as dawn broke over the Pacific this morning we finally confronted the biggest tuna fishing vessel in the world. The Spanish-owned and flagged tuna purse seiner "Albatun Tres" is known as a 'super, super...

Defending the Pacific - Part 4: The Esperanza and Goliath

Blog entry by Greg | May 27, 2008

Greenpeace activists deploy banner reading, "No Fish No Future" next to the world's biggest tuna fishing vessel Albatun Tres. Greenpeace has been highlighting the overfishing of tuna in the Pacific for the past two months.

Japanese police launch investigation into whale meat scandal

Blog entry by Nick | May 22, 2008

Greenpeace Japan delivering stolen whale meat to the Tokyo Public Prosecutor's Office Following last week's revelation that crew members from the fleet responsible for Japan's so-called 'scientific' whaling programme had for many...

Pacific islands act to save tuna

Feature story | May 21, 2008 at 0:00

Finally, some good news for tuna stocks and a first step towards protecting the Pacific Commons for future generations! Eight Pacific island countries have taken the most significant action ever to combat overfishing in the region.

Stolen whale meat scandal rocks Japan

Blog entry by Nick | May 15, 2008

This is more about the whale meat scandal from Brian up at Greenpeace International in Amsterdam... Finally, we can tell the story some of us have been sitting on for months now: the whale meat embezzlement we uncovered in Japan , in...

Harpooned: Greenpeace exposes scandal at heart of whaling

Blog entry by Nick | May 15, 2008

Greenpeace Japan whale campaign coordinator Junichi Sato weighs 23.5 kilograms of whale meat stolen by crewmembers of the Nisshin Maru whaling ship. The contents of the box were listed as "cardboard." © Greenpeace No archiving. No...

Harpooned: Greenpeace exposes scandal at heart of whaling

Feature story | May 15, 2008 at 0:00

Stake outs, testimony from informers, hidden cameras and tailing trucks full of stolen goods - it reads like a Hollywood movie, but it was an every day experience for Greenpeace activists in Japan, who have spent four months cracking open a major...

VIDEO: Briefing from the Esperanza in the Pacific

Blog entry by Nick | May 13, 2008

Langi, on board our ship the Esperanza, with an update on destructive fishing in his part of the world, and what we're doing about it.

Pirate of the Pacific busted by Greenpeace

Feature story | May 12, 2008 at 0:00

We caught an illegal tuna purse seiner (Queen Evelyn 168) in the Pacific Commons yesterday. This Philippines-flagged vessel was close to the transfer of tuna between her sister vessel and a refrigerated mothership. It was likely that transfer of...

Defending the Pacific - Part 3

Blog entry by Greg | May 5, 2008

Greenpeace activists take on controversial Taiwanese longliner, Ho Tsai Fa 18, in the Pacific Ocean, 03 May 2008. Greenpeace wants this area of the high seas to become part of the first marine reserves in international waters.

Greenpeace Frees Marine Life

Feature story | May 5, 2008 at 0:00

Over the weekend Greenpeace Australia and the Esperanza undertook an action against Taiwanese Longline fishermen, freeing sharks, tuna, marlin and an endangered Olive Ridley turtle from the hooks of a vessel fishing in the international waters of...

Defending the Pacific - Part 2

Blog entry by Nick | May 1, 2008

From the Esperanza in the Pacific ... Family members sell tuna at the market in Honiara © Paul Hilton/Greenpeace The Esperanza has just left Honiara in the Solomon Islands where I joined the ship so that we can keep...

Time's running out for tuna

Feature story | April 20, 2008 at 22:35

Tuna stocks in the Pacific are running out due to overfishing from illegal and commercial fishing fleets.

Nisshin Maru Arrives in Tokyo after failed "research" in the Southern Ocean

Blog entry by Nick | April 16, 2008

Research Failed (C) GREENPEACE Japan's factory whaling ship, the Nisshin Maru was "welcomed" into Tokyo earlier today, by Junichi and our team from Greenpeace Japan, along with the word "failed" to accompany the ubiquitous and...

Tail of the whale

Blog entry by Kathy | April 4, 2008

Anne Manchester (right), niece of late, renowned New Zealand sculptor Colin Webster-Watson, presenting a $20,000 cheque from Colin’s estate to Greenpeace NZ Executive Director Bunny McDiarmid, infront of his sculpture Tail of the Whale...

History of commerical whaling

Page | April 1, 2008 at 1:34

Commercial whaling during the last century decimated most of the world's whale populations. Greenpeace began to take action on whaling in 1975, and has helped to win some steps towards safety for whales, such as the moratorium on commercial...

International law broken to pursue whaling

Feature story | March 31, 2008 at 5:02

The international convention that helped save the elephant and rhino from extinction at the hands of poachers is now being ignored by the Japanese Fisheries Agency to continue whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.

Pirates of the Pacific busted by Greenpeace

Video | March 15, 2008 at 17:30

Farewell Auckland

Blog entry by Kathy | March 10, 2008

Today we cast off the mooring lines and set sail for Gisborne. As we left port, the non sea-faring section of the Auckland Greenpeace office lined the wharf to wave us off. The 13-month old son of the ship's bosun was even dressed for...

International

Page | March 6, 2008 at 22:00

In December, over 10,000 delegates from governments, media, NGOs and business met in Bali to agree on the framework for negotiating the second phase of the Kyoto protocol. Given Kyoto is the only international treaty that sets binding targets...

Oceans

Page | March 6, 2008 at 3:20

Another area where sustainability must become central to all policy and practice is our oceans.

From the High Seas to the City

Page | March 6, 2008 at 0:41

This summer Greenpeace undertook its most successful Southern Ocean anti-whaling expedition to date. In what was our ninth trip to the region to try and stop the Japanese government’s planned slaughter of nearly 1,000 whales, we managed to shut...

A quick response to the forest friendly furniture guide

Blog entry by Nick | February 26, 2008

The Forest Friendly Furniture guide released last month has made a splash almost straight away - and that's before we've sent it out to the 40,000 Greenpeace members. The Warehouse scored well and lost no time on making sure that...

A family protest

Blog entry by Nick | February 19, 2008

The plight of whales under the harpoon gets people pretty het up sometimes. People leading otherwise normal lives find themselves compelled to do things they may not have otherwise considered. Last week we received an email that...

100% of Japanese taxpayers support whaling - they just don't know it

Feature story | February 19, 2008 at 0:00

Every year the Japanese government spends $US 4.7 million of taxpayers' money to subsidise the whaling industry. Yet a new, Greenpeace commissioned, opinion poll reveals that 87 percent of the Japanese public are unaware of that fact.

World's first whale song translator

Blog entry by Nick | February 13, 2008

In a non-lethal research breakthrough Greenpeace scientists have finally discovered what whales are actually singing about. We have harnessed that new knowledge in what could be the world's first online whale song translator and so -...

Australia releases shocking whaling footage

Blog entry by Nick | February 7, 2008

The Greenpeace ship was forced to leave the Southern Ocean but an Australian Government ship - the 'Oceanic Viking' arrived on the scene just before they left. It was our hope that under the eye of the Australians the whaling would...

Canon can save whales

Blog entry by Nick | February 7, 2008

Can you create a picture that's worth a thousand whales? Would you like the chance to win some cool Greenpeace stuff? We're inviting Canon users to enter a new competition. We're looking for images that will encourage the CEO of Canon...

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.

Over 100 whales saved - Low Fuel forces Esperanza back to port

Press release | January 26, 2008 at 0:00

After spending two weeks successfully preventing the Japanese whaling fleet from hunting in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary (1), the Greenpeace ship Esperanza is running low on fuel and must return to port. The Australian government ship...

Does Canon support shooting whales?

Feature story | January 24, 2008 at 0:00

Here at Greenpeace, we support shooting whales... with cameras. But we're surprised to learn that Canon, the world's number one digital camera producer, isn't willing to condemn using harpoons -- despite their high-profile advertising and...

Whaling fleet makes illegal fuel stop

Feature story | January 23, 2008 at 19:11

Yesterday, after 11 days of preventing the Japanese whaling fleet from killing whales, activists from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza, temporarily blocked the fleet's factory ship Nisshin Maru from being illegally refueled in Antarctic waters.

Greenpeace blocks whalers from refuelling in Southern Ocean

Press release | January 22, 2008 at 3:30

On the eleventh day of successfully preventing the Japanese whaling fleet from killing whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary [1], activists from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza today blocked the fleet's factory ship from being refuelled.

Japanese govt admits Greenpeace hindering hunt

Press release | January 21, 2008 at 0:00

At a press conference in Tokyo today the administrative vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Toshiro Shirasu told reporters that the whaling fleet has not resumed hunting because Greenpeace is following their fleet in the...

Greenpeace activists hold the Kanji symbol of the year

Image | January 18, 2008 at 0:00

Greenpeace activists hold the Kanji symbol of the year, 'nise', meaning FAKE - against the hull of the Japanese whaling fleet's factory ship Nisshin Maru, in the Southern Ocean.

Japan's "Fake" Whaling Programme crumbling

Press release | January 18, 2008 at 0:00

Echoing a series of scandals which have beset the Japanese government in the last year,Greenpeace activists today sent a message direct from the Southern Ocean to Tokyo, as pressure mounts inside Japan for it to end its controversial whaling...

Another Japanese Whaling Ship leaves hunting grounds

Press release | January 18, 2008 at 0:00

A second ship from the Japanese government whaling fleet has left the hunting grounds as the Greenpeace ship Esperanza continues to keep the fleet’s mother ship, Nisshin Maru out of action.

The chase continues in the Southern Ocean

Feature story | January 14, 2008 at 0:00

After a high speed chase over hundreds of miles through fog and rough seas, the Greenpeace ship Esperanza has driven the Japanese whaling fleet out of the Southern Ocean hunting grounds.

The Japanese government whaling vessel Nisshin flees from the Greenpeace ship

Image | January 13, 2008 at 0:00

The Japanese government whaling vessel Nisshin Maru flees from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.

The Japanese government whaling vessel Nisshin flees from the Greenpeace ship

Image | January 13, 2008 at 0:00

The Japanese government whaling vessel Nisshin Maru flees from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.

Greenpeace drives whalers out of hunting ground

Press release | January 13, 2008 at 0:00

After a high speed chase over hundreds of miles through fog and increasingly rough seas, the Greenpeace ship Esperanza this morning drove the Japanese whaling fleet out of the Southern Ocean hunting grounds.

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