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Sea of Distress 2017: The Foodservice Industry, Ocean Health, and Seafood Workers
Click here to download Sea of Distress 2017, Greenpeace’s second assessment of foodservice companies that feed millions of people every day who dine outside the home. Unfamiliar to many, companies…
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California National Marine Sanctuaries Under Trump Review Contain Sizable Oil and Gas Deposits
Summary Findings Expansions of National Marine Sanctuaries (NMS) off the California coast ordered by Presidents Bush and Obama are currently under review by the Trump administration. A geospatial analysis has…
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These Are the Creatures in Your Neighborhood (If You Live in the Indian Ocean)
To travel to the Indian Ocean by sea and you might arrive through such storied routes as the Strait of Hormuz, the Suez Canal, or the Strait of Malacca, or via…
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Ray Hilborn: Overfishing Denier
Update, February 2019: Back in 2016, Greenpeace called out a well-known scientist named Ray Hilborn for failing to disclose the funding he’d received from the fishing industry in several of his…
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What’s Killing Coral Reefs? And How Can We Stop It?
There are many threats to coral reefs, but by far the biggest is global warming. Spikes in ocean temperatures cause a phenomenon called bleaching, which is often fatal. Right now,…
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How One New York Community Is Taking Ocean Destruction Off Its Shelves
What if big tuna brands could learn from every grocery store in America that we, the consumers, demand the protection of our oceans and the rights of seafood workers? In…
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Unlikely Heroes: The Grandparents Standing Up to Save the Last Dugongs
Henoko Bay in Okinawa Japan is a marvel. It is home to 262 endangered species including blue corals, sea turtles and the very rare Japanese dugong. But the Japanese government…
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Supply Chained
The report features new interviews with survivors of trafficking and forced labour in Indonesia who faced abuse on Thai-operated fishing vessels. These ships transferred their tuna and other fish to…
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I’m Vegan — Here’s Why I’m Fighting to Change the Tuna Industry
Dong Yu 1518 was an isolated island in a watery world: a long-distance vessel that had been at sea for months fishing for tuna in the Pacific Ocean. And I was…
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Not Just Tuna: The Truth Behind Chicken of the Sea’s Label
Most cans of tuna on supermarket shelves hold dark secrets: exploited fishermen, dead sharks, and dying oceans. Workers have reported being beaten, abused and forced to work on ships for…