Our oceans are home to millions of awe-inspiring creatures, and part of the cultural heritage of millions of coastal peoples in Canada and worldwide.
Life on our blue planet depends on healthy oceans, but scientists warn that sea life could face the next mass extinction. Urgent action is needed to protect all life in our oceans, large and small, and to support people who live by the ocean and rely on it for their livelihoods.
Next to climate change, overfishing is the single greatest threat to marine biodiversity.
Populations of ocean life are in dramatic decline because of a growing demand for fish. An already out of control industry is hunting sea life faster than it can repopulate, and industrial fish farming is putting wild stocks at risk.
In addition, pollution - including plastic and harmful chemicals - is infiltrating food chains, harming wildlife and destroying the sheer beauty of our seas and coastlines.
Our oceans need to recover and flourish. With your support, we can take action that protects them. Join us.
We want you to take action because together we're strong.
We are calling on people around the world to create a “Million Acts of Blue” — actions to push retailers,…
Take actionIn 2018 we have the opportunity to create the largest protected area on Earth: an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary. It would…
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13 August 2018 (VANCOUVER) — More needs to be done to protect the already endangered Southern Resident orca population currently dealing with the death of the first baby born to…
It’s been absolutely heartbreaking to watch. For the last seven days a grieving mother orca has carried the body of her dead calf. The calf was the first in three…
26 June 2018 (VANCOUVER)—Today, barely a week after one of the last remaining Southern Resident Orcas was presumed dead, Greenpeace released a new report documenting the communities, marine life, and about CAD$83…
March 2018
Greenpeace investigations reveal how krill-fishing companies are expanding operations in the fragile Antarctic ocean, putting an entire food web at risk.
April 2017
As the world’s biggest soft drinks company, Coca-Cola bears a particular responsibility for the plastic crisis our oceans are facing.
July 2013
The deep sea is a place of myth and mystery, filled with weird and wonderful life forms, and vital to the survival of our planet.
February 2011
Greenpeace’s report, Lifting the lid on the major canned tuna brands in Canada: Ranking the sustainability and equitability of tuna sourcing, reveals that most canned tuna lining supermarket shelves comes…
May 2008
The world's oceans, once thought to contain inexhaustible resources, are under increasing threat.
January 2008
The global aquaculture, or fish farming, industry is not a solution to overfishing and must dramatically change in order to become sustainable, according to a report from the Greenpeace Research…
