{"id":52549,"date":"2022-03-07T14:48:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T13:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=52549"},"modified":"2022-03-07T15:24:27","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T14:24:27","slug":"squid-games-that-are-costing-the-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/52549\/squid-games-that-are-costing-the-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Squid games that are costing the planet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Across our global oceans, coastal communities are suffering as populations of sharks, rays, dolphins and other wildlife are decimated by industrial fishing. Huge fishing fleets targeting squid, a species that plays a vital role in the ocean food web, are industrialising international waters.<\/p>\n\n

\"Squid
Transshipment between a squid fishing vessel and a reefer in the North Indian Ocean.
\u00a9 Fernanda Ligabue \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Governments worldwide are letting destructive vessels empty the oceans, taking food and livelihoods away from people, like those living on the coastlines of the Indian Ocean, who have fished sustainably for generations.<\/p>\n\n

Greenpeace International\u2019s new report<\/a> has found that the squid industry has grown so big that it\u2019s now threatening ecosystems around the world. Areas such as the North-West Indian Ocean have seen an increase in the number of vessels of more than 800% in just the last five years. In others, such as the South-West Atlantic, armadas of over 500 vessels work in groups to plunder the ocean, with their collective lights being visible from space.<\/p>\n\n

\"Chinese
A Chinese flagged squid boat in the northern Indian Ocean.
\u00a9 Abbie Trayler-Smith \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Our oceans are being industrialised: beyond national waters, it\u2019s often a free-for-all. The lack of control over the huge and growing squid fisheries worldwide is a glaring example of why the current rules to protect the oceans are failing, but just because this is happening out of sight doesn\u2019t mean it should be out of mind.<\/p>\n\n

\"Squid
Aerial image of a Chinese flagged squid boat in the Northern Indian Ocean.
\u00a9 Fernanda Ligabue \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

We urgently need a strong Global Ocean Treaty to regulate harmful industries and allow us to create a network of ocean sanctuaries around the world to protect wildlife and people\u2019s livelihoods. There are currently no specific global regulatory and monitoring systems in place to monitor the global trade of squid. In 2019, just three fishing powers were responsible for almost 60% of the global squid catch. <\/p>\n\n

Governments are negotiating towards a Global Ocean Treaty for international waters, which cover almost half of the planet. We need urgent action to protect the biggest ecosystem on Earth and stop new industries from plundering it without restrictions. We all rely on the oceans whether we know it or not: to help tackle climate change, maintain healthy ecosystems and ensure food security and livelihoods for millions around the world.<\/p>\n\n

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We must put the brakes on the expanding industrialisation of our global commons. Nearly five million people from across the planet have signed a petition urging world leaders to create a strong Global Ocean Treaty<\/a>. Join them by signing too. <\/p>\n\n

Will McCallum leads the Protect the Oceans campaign at Greenpeace UK<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As governments meet at the UN to discuss the fate of the world\u2019s oceans, a shocking new report exposes a rapidly growing and largely unregulated squid fishing industry that\u2019s out of control.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":52550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_planet4_optimize_post_is_variant":false,"_planet4_optimize_experiment_name":"","_planet4_optimize_variant_name":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_og_title":"","p4_og_description":"","p4_og_image":"","p4_og_image_id":"","p4_seo_canonical_url":"","p4_campaign_name":"not set","p4_local_project":"not set","p4_basket_name":"not set","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[85],"p4-page-type":[59],"class_list":["post-52549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nature","tag-oceans","p4-page-type-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52549"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52566,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52549\/revisions\/52566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52549"},{"taxonomy":"p4-page-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/p4-page-type?post=52549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}