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

Another attempt to free bluefin tuna from fishing nets

Earlier today, the Greenpeace team in the Mediterranean made another attempt to free bluefin tuna caught by the purse-seine fishing vessels. The good news...
Posted by jamie - 7 June, 2010 - 17:24

Video: what happens when grappling hook meets leg

For a taste of the violence Greenpeace activists encountered on Friday as they tried to free bluefin tuna from purse-seine fishing nets, look no further than...
Posted by jamie - 7 June, 2010 - 13:48

Video: what happens when grappling hook meets leg

For a taste of the violence Greenpeace activists encountered on Friday as they tried to free bluefin tuna from purse-seine fishing nets, look no further than...
Posted by jamie - 7 June, 2010 - 13:48

Taking action - and taking blows - to protect bluefin tuna

Greenpeace took action in the Mediterranean yesterday to stop some French purse-seiners catching bluefin tuna. And it's fair to say, things kicked off a bit....
Posted by Willie - 5 June, 2010 - 13:09 -

Taking action - and taking blows - to protect bluefin tuna

Greenpeace took action in the Mediterranean yesterday to stop some French purse-seiners catching bluefin tuna. And it's fair to say, things kicked off a bit....
Posted by Willie - 5 June, 2010 - 13:09 -

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