The Turkish government has set its own catch limit for the endangered Mediterranean bluefin tuna - in total disregard for internationally agreed quotas and scientific advice.
Justice is starting to go the Tokyo Two way: A court in Aomori, Japan, has delivered a series of setbacks to the prosecution in the trial of Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki (the activists known as the Tokyo Two) - and the Japanese government's...
The six Greenpeace activists who shut down a coal power station last year made history when a UK jury agreed that they were acting to safeguard property from the impacts of climate change. A new documentary takes you behind the scenes of that...
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.
Extreme fisherman and star of the Ultimate Fishing Show Matt Watson talks about fishing, sustainability and the Greenpeace report: While Stocks Last.
A new exhibit in Aomori, Japan, gives a glimpse of Greenpeace history through one of our iconic communication tools: the t-shirt.
A few days ago it was World Oceans Day. John Hocevar from Greenpeace USA wrote this blog because as he says it’s always a little bittersweet when things as large and vital as "earth" or "oceans" are marked with a Day like this,...
TV fishing personality Matt Watson talks about fishing and sustainability.
Sustainable pole and line tuna available in supermarkets in the UK. Currently the main New Zealand retailers have no policies in place to ensure the seafood they sell is sustainable, and many species fished and sold here are not...
Hi there everyone! Just a quick note about the Sign On campaign. Initially, I wanted to be a part of the campaign because I believe in what it stands for. I am always very wary of what I agree to do, too much and it takes away from...
Extreme fisherman and star of the Ultimate Fishing Show Matt Watson talks about fishing, sustainability and the Greenpeace report: While Stocks.
Guest blog from Sara Holden, our International whales campaign coordinator Just a few minutes before the opening of the 61st International Whaling Commission meeting, a large rat was seen scuttling through the hotel and out the door.
Kia Orana koutou katoatoa, Aitutaki is beautiful, the people are friendly and the land is plentiful. I would go as far to call it Paradise on Earth. Seeing the effects of climate change and knowing there's a possibility that the land...
Dave Walsh writes from on board the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise : Greetings from Baffin Bay! As I write this from the campaign office on board our ship, the Arctic Sunrise , blue and white icebergs appear through the sea mist.
Another update from Dave on the Arctic Sunrise in the Arctic ... The crew of the Arctic Sunrise is on top of the world today, for many mindblowing reasons. As I write this, the ship is nudged up against the sea ice of the Arctic...
An open letter from Sign On ambassador Keisha Castle-Hughes to Prime Minister John Key appears in today’s Samoan Observer newspaper . John Key is currently in Samoa as part of a four-day trip to four Pacific Island countries. In the...
Our famous fleet of ships is about to get an extraordinary addition - The Rainbow Warrior III. It will be purpose built from the keel up to fight the greatest threat to the oceans and our world: climate change.
This update fresh off the boat! Greenpeace New Zealand volunteer Chino is onboard Greenpeace ship, the Esperanza, in the Pacific, helping document the impacts of climate change in the region. Chino, of Cook Island and Samoan descent,...
(C) Greenpeace/Pratten Breaking news from across the ditch: Greenpeace and Pacific activists have shut down Abbott Point coal export terminal in Queensland in protest over the impacts of climate change on Pacific islands and crazy...
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)
Question Time in Parliament yesterday was dominated by climate change, with debate on targets, smart farming and Keisha Castle-Hughes. A couple of events really stood out. Climate Change Minister Nick Smith gave a shocker of an...
This week environmental and non-commercial fishing groups have put aside their differences and formed an unprecedented alliance to combat the decline of fish stocks and marine ecosystems in New Zealand. The groups include the NZ...
Today Greenpeace activists have occupied a fishing trawler in the port of Auckland to highlight that Foodtown and other supermarkets are fueling a demand for seafood caught from unsustainable fisheries using the worst of fishing...
Foodtown costing us our oceans It was sad to see the Seamount Explorer leave the port of Auckland this afternoon. Police had removed our activists from the vessel as they tried to prevent it from leaving port on its destructive...
Greenpeace activists stopped a fishing vessel leaving Auckland harbour, New Zealand, this afternoon and used it to send a message calling on the Foodtown supermarket chain to stop selling orange roughy and to implement a sustainable seafood...
Greenpeace hung a seven metre banner on the downtown Auckland Foodtown supermarket which read 'Costing our Oceans? Alongside, the mascot for the Greenpeace Save our Seas campaign, Sad Fish, hangs in a bottom trawl net. The message highlighted...
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 hangs a seven metre banner on the downtown Auckland Foodtown supermarket which reads 'Costing our Oceans? Alongside, the mascot for the Greenepace Save our Seas campaign, Sad Fish, hangs in a bottom trawl net. The message highlighted...
Greenpeace NZ campaign director Chris Harris speaks with the store manager of the Quay St Foodtown where Greenpeace hangs a seven metre banner on the downtown Auckland Foodtown supermarket which reads 'Costing our Oceans? Alongside, the mascot...
I love it when a plan comes together. Today we stepped up the pressure on Foodtown to get serious about putting in place a policy that would ensure it will only sell truly sustainable seafood. We’ve just returned from the Quay St...
Our efforts to stop overfishing and destructive practices have expanded over the last few years from a focus purely on the fishing industry to now include seafood retailers. Retailers buy and sell huge quantities of seafood each year, and form...
This week we have created a granite shield against bottom trawling in a fragile and ecologically important marine area in Sweden.
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.
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.
The Greenpeace ship Esperanza is heading out once more to protect the dwindling tuna stocks of the Pacific Ocean. Over the past few years, some important progress has been made and vast no-take areas have been established but a lot of work...
Watch the action through the onboard web cam .
A climate tipping point is looming closer every day in the Arctic. The more we find out about the Polar Regions, the more we realise that what we know about the impact of feedback effects has been underestimated. Recent discoveries highlight the...
Once we empty our oceans of all the fish, we'll have to learn how to cook jellyfish! Sushi, anyone?
Greenpeace activists board the East Ambition
About the video Our Ocean Wonderland was created and written for Greenpeace by Steven Appleby and Pete Bishop , and was directed by Pete and designed by Steven. Steven Appleby lives, works and daydreams in London and has created,...
Fish Aggregating Devices (or FADs) are still widely used by tuna fishing fleets throughout the Pacific Ocean despite a (temporary) ban. The use of FADs results in the bycatch of many juvenile and unwanted species contributing to the depletion of...
Yes, it’s true, we do indeed have scientists. And some days, we even let them out of the lab.
Champion of the oceans and all life within the intrepid Sad Fish sets off on a grand tour of New Zealand visiting supermarkets and public venues from Kaitia to Bluff spreading the good word on sustainable oceans.
You think Letterman made him famous abroad? Sign On is working equally hard to boost Prime Minister John Key's profile offshore. Thanks to the campaign, his name is appearing on iconic statues the world over, from Sweden to Norway to...
Greenpeace activists Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, better known as the Tokyo Two, are on trial for intercepting a box of whale meat as part of an investigation into an embezzlement ring within Japan’s taxpayer-funded ‘research’ whaling...
We've been watching the horizon for this one for a very long time, but our colleagues up in the crow's nest report that a new blip on the horizon could mean an end to Japanese whaling in Antarctica.
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...
We are the last generation that has a chance to make a difference on climate change and the task can seem daunting. But, as one of the original Greenpeace activists Bob Hunter once said, Big change looks impossible when you start...
A call to protect the Pacific Ocean's rapidly dwindling tuna stocks has been made to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC).
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