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Posted by jossc — 13 April 2007 at 12:27pm
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In a big boost to our 'sustainable seafood' campaign Sainsbury's, the largest fishmonger in the UK, has announced that from the end of April it will sell only line-caught fresh cod and haddock to its 16 million customers.
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Commenting on the publication of today's Marine Bill White Paper, Willie Mackenzie, oceans campaigner for Greenpeace, said:
"After climate change, protecting the oceans is one of the greatest environmental challenges, and the Government admits this. But there’s simply too many 'coulds' and not enough 'wills' in this white paper.
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Greenpeace blocking heavy metal pollution into the Irish Sea
Chemicals, heavy metals, pesticides, industrial compounds (including PCBs) and other toxins pollute the oceans via a direct result of a range of human activities. Once released, pollutants accumulate in the marine food chain.
Posted by jossc — 18 December 2006 at 9:00am
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On Monday we staged a 'funeral' for the 'last cod' at the Defra (Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs) office in Westminster. This was to coincide with the EU Environment Council meeting where our minister Ben Bradshaw, together with his European counterparts, was again failing to protect our oceans.
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On land, the UK contains 14 national parks but none in the surrounding seas. We have identified seven marine reserves in the North Sea - find out more about these proposed areas and some of its inhabitants with this interactive map.
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Greenpeace today slammed the European Union for pushing cod closer to extinction in British waters.
Under pressure from Tony Blair's government, EU ministers ignored scientific advice calling for a halt to cod fishing for the third year in a row. They also threw out proposals to close some fishing grounds to protect cod stocks.
Even though scientists and environmentalists stress that the only way to save beleaguered cod stocks is to enforce a 'zero catch' allowance, EU fisheries ministers chose to leave the cod quota at last year's already high level.
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Greenpeace today (7th December) welcomed the findings of a major investigation by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (RCEP) into the environmental effects of marine fisheries.
Greenpeace urged the government to include key recommendations from the report - such as the creation of large-scale marine reserves within five years - in their forthcoming Marine Bill.
The group also urged the government to restrict destructive fishing practices like bottom trawling, a method of fishing which ploughs up the ocean floor.
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Greenpeace calls on Government to act on sound scientific advice
Greenpeace today called for Fisheries Minister Ben Bradshaw not to cave in to fishing industry pressure and heed calls from scientists to grant zero quotas for cod fishing next year. The International Council for Exploration of the Sea (ICES) today advised that all cod fishing should be halted in the North Sea, Irish Sea and west of Scotland as stocks are well below recommended levels.
