Defend oceans

Last edited 25 February 2016 at 1:08pm

Our beautiful oceans are home to a staggering 80% of life on Earth. But destructive fishing, pollution and climate change are damaging them on a scale unimaginable to most people. Species are being driven towards extinction because of overfishing and habitat destruction. We are campaigning for marine reserves, and for an end to unsustainable fishing.

Campaign updates

Now you see it...: cod caught in the North Sea and about to be discarded

What we need to do to stop the pointless waste of discarded fish

Discards are disgusting. No-one with any sense can support the catching, killing, and throwing away of fish. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Fish Fight – which...
Posted by Willie - 24 February, 2011 - 12:38 -

Sharks ask Princes: if you found Nemo, would you kill him too?

Update, 9 March 2011: both Princes and Asda have committed to removing tuna caught using fish aggregating devices in combination with purse seine nets from...
Posted by jamie - 21 February, 2011 - 09:17 -

Sharks ask Princes: if you found Nemo, would you kill him too?

Update, 9 March 2011: both Princes and Asda have committed to removing tuna caught using fish aggregating devices in combination with purse seine nets from...
Posted by jamie - 21 February, 2011 - 09:17 -
Ron with activist alongside the MV Lung Yuin in Taiwan

Defending Pacific tuna in Taiwan

While in the UK we're focusing on Princes and the consumer end of the tuna trade, in Taiwan the Rainbow Warrior has been exposing the problems with tuna...
Posted by jamie - 31 January, 2011 - 16:07
Ron with activist alongside the MV Lung Yuin in Taiwan

Defending Pacific tuna in Taiwan

While in the UK we're focusing on Princes and the consumer end of the tuna trade, in Taiwan the Rainbow Warrior has been exposing the problems with tuna...
Posted by jamie - 31 January, 2011 - 16:07

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