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

Subsidising extinction

Bluefin tuna - sometimes you just can't believe how absurd the story gets. News today from WWF and a Green MEP show that over an eight-year period the EU...
Posted by Willie - 4 December, 2009 - 11:39 -

Subsidising extinction

Bluefin tuna - sometimes you just can't believe how absurd the story gets. News today from WWF and a Green MEP show that over an eight-year period the EU...
Posted by Willie - 4 December, 2009 - 11:39 -

Is the UK finally getting serious on marine protection?

As you probably know by now, marine reserves have a huge role to play in ensuring a future for our oceans, which is why we fish-huggers campaign so vehemently...
Posted by Willie - 19 November, 2009 - 12:04 -

Is the UK finally getting serious on marine protection?

As you probably know by now, marine reserves have a huge role to play in ensuring a future for our oceans, which is why we fish-huggers campaign so vehemently...
Posted by Willie - 19 November, 2009 - 12:04 -

Political flip-flops on bluefin?

As ICCAT souvenirs, delegates will be packing their bags in Recife with a delightful polo shirt emblazoned with 'ICCAT' and a bluefin tuna, and a pair of flip...
Posted by Willie - 16 November, 2009 - 11:36

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