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.

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Tinned Tuna's Secret Catch

The UK is the second largest consumer of tinned tuna in the world, consuming the equivalent of more than 778 million tins in 2008 alone. Eating more...
Posted by jamie - 9 January, 2011 - 10:29
Hugh and Jamie during filming of the Fish Fight series

Get ready for the Big Fish Fight

We're only a few days in to 2011, but already this year is shaping up to be a big one in our campaign to end the plunder of the oceans. With fish stocks...
Posted by jamie - 7 January, 2011 - 11:24 -
Hugh and Jamie during filming of the Fish Fight series

Get ready for the Big Fish Fight

We're only a few days in to 2011, but already this year is shaping up to be a big one in our campaign to end the plunder of the oceans. With fish stocks...
Posted by jamie - 7 January, 2011 - 11:24 -
German agriculture minister Ilse Aigner walks past Greenpeace's trawler in Bruss

EU fishing quotas are about to get a bit more exciting (if that's possible)

Every year, it’s the same. Despite evidence and advice from marine biologists that really there aren't plenty more fish in the sea, European fishing quotas are...
Posted by jamie - 13 December, 2010 - 18:41
German agriculture minister Ilse Aigner walks past Greenpeace's trawler in Bruss

EU fishing quotas are about to get a bit more exciting (if that's possible)

Every year, it’s the same. Despite evidence and advice from marine biologists that really there aren't plenty more fish in the sea, European fishing quotas are...
Posted by jamie - 13 December, 2010 - 18:41

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