oceans
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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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Tunny - giant blue fin tuna - caught off the Dogger Bank in 1953, when an estimated 3-4,000 were caught each year. Since then they have disappeared from the North Sea.
Gill netting
Posted by jossc — 10 March 2007 at 3:56pm
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MY Esperanza arrives in Sydney, Australia
We're taking our anti-whaling campaign to Japan, where the government plans to increase its whaling activities despite opposition from two-thirds of the Japanese public.
Posted by jossc — 9 March 2007 at 4:15pm
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Iceland's promise of a new sustainable seafood policy is an exciting development. While it is not possible to assess this policy at this time, Iceland is keen to engage with Greenpeace on this issue once the policy has been finalised.
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It is disappointing that Somerfield has not yet chosen to develop a more comprehensive sustainable seafood procurement policy. However the retailer has at least shown a commitment to follow retail standards by delisting the most unsustainable seafood and it does have a basic aquaculture policy.
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Tesco's decision to be somewhat more transparent with its new sourcing policies has revealed that the company is moving forward on sustainability issues with some success. At present, much of the policy is limited to the fresh and chilled pre-packed ranges, ignoring the frozen, ready-meal or tinned seafood, which is unfortunate as these ranges encompass the majority of the seafood sold.
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Morrisons has made a substantial commitment to sourcing sustainable seafood by delisting a
large range of species and increasing the range of alternative species available to customers.
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Almost a quarter of all the sea creatures caught in global fisheries are killed and discarded - falling prey to destructive and indiscriminate fishing methods like pair trawling. The fishing industry refers to these 'non-targeted' species as bycatch. They are also known as fish, whales, dolphins, porpoises, fur seals, albatrosses and turtles.
