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New laws won't protect dolphins

Last edited 31 March 2004 at 9:00am
A common dolphin: victim of pair trawling bycatch in the English Channel

A common dolphin: victim of pair trawling bycatch in the English Channel

Governments from around Europe have watered down laws to protect dolphins and other cetaceans from drowning in fishing nets.

Article tagged as: bycatch, destructive fishing, oceans, overfishing

Tesco linked to sales of whale meat in Japan

Last edited 3 March 2004 at 9:00am
3 March, 2004

Leading UK retailer, Tesco PLC, has been closely linked to the sale of products from Japan's controversial hunting of whales, dolphins and porpoises (collectively known as cetaceans), revealed the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Greenpeace today.

EIA investigations have revealed that C Two-Network, a Japanese supermarket chain and a member of the Tesco Group, sells canned cetaceans products in 32 of its 78 stores and fresh cetaceans products in 10 stores. Tesco purchased more than 95% of the Japanese company in July 2003.

Article tagged as: japan, oceans, press releases, whaling

Dead dolphins all show injuries consistent with drowning in fishing nets

Last edited 9 February 2004 at 9:00am
9 February, 2004

Greenpeace has found seven dead dolphins in under three days while investigating fishing fleets in the English Channel. All the dolphins found had drowned and had suffered damaged beaks and torn flippers - injuries likely to have been caused trying to escape from huge fishing nets commonly used to 'pair trawl' in the area.

Article tagged as: bycatch, cetaceans, destructive fishing, dolphins, oceans, press releases

MPs call for closure of fishery to save dolphins

Last edited 30 January 2004 at 9:00am

Bycatch victim: a dead dolphin washed up on a South Devon beach

Bycatch victim: a dead dolphin washed up on a South Devon beach

Article tagged as: bycatch, cetaceans, destructive fishing, dolphins, oceans, overfishing

Esperanza to investigate dolphin deaths

Last edited 20 January 2004 at 9:00am
Common dolphin washed up on Bigbury-on-Sea Beach, Devon, January 2004

Common dolphin washed up on Bigbury-on-Sea Beach, Devon, January 2004

Article tagged as: bycatch, cetaceans, dolphins, oceans, overfishing

Dolphins being trawled to extinction

Last edited 20 January 2004 at 9:00am
20 January, 2004

Ship tour investigates dolphin deaths

Dolphin populations around the UK could be pushed towards extinction by destructive fishing practices, according to a report by the WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society for Greenpeace, on January 21st.

Article tagged as: bycatch, cetaceans, dolphins, oceans, overfishing, press releases

Saving the mountains under the sea

Last edited 2 December 2003 at 9:00am

Sea anemones on the St Kilda seamount, north of Scotland

Sea anemones on the St Kilda seamount, north of Scotland

Article tagged as: marine life, marine reserves, oceans, overfishing, press releases, seamounts

UN shipping body tries to expel Greenpeace

Last edited 20 November 2003 at 9:00am
A oil cleanup volunteer holds a Comorant covered in oil from the sunken Prestige oil tanker on the coast of Galicia, Spain.

Aftermath of Prestige oil spill - A oil cleanup volunteer holds an oil covered Comorant

Article tagged as: IMO, oceans, UN

Japan whaling under false pretences

Last edited 7 November 2003 at 9:00am
7 November, 2003

A fleet of Japanese ships is to start whaling in the Antarctic by exploiting a loophole in an international agreement, Greenpeace said today.

The fleet, due to set sail shortly, is claiming that they are whaling for scientific research. However, according to Greenpeace, they are instead hunting whale meat to sell on the open market.

Willie Mackenzie, Greenpeace Oceans Campaigner, said: "The Government of Japan must call a halt to this.

Article tagged as: IWC, japan, oceans, press releases, whaling

Rainbow Warrior returns to Iceland

Last edited 5 September 2003 at 8:00am
In front of an Icelandic whaling ship, during our first expedition in 1978

In front of an Icelandic whaling ship, during our first expedition in 1978

Our flagship, the SV Rainbow Warrior, has arrived in Iceland - twenty five years after Greenpeace's first visit - to protest against whaling.

Iceland recently announced the resumption of a 'scientific whaling' programme. We believe there is absolutely no reason to go whaling. We also refute the Icelandic government's claim that it is whaling in the name of 'science' - considering the whale meat is likely to be sold on the commercial market.

The Rainbow Warrior will be touring around different Icelandic ports, and its crew will be welcoming local people on board, and hosting public meetings to present the case against whaling.

When we launched our whales campaign, commercial hunting was the single biggest threat to cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises). Since then, many other threats have emerged. Now, the planet's oceans and the life they contain are facing a crisis. A return to commercial whaling would be devastating.

Article tagged as: hachette, iceland, oceans, rainbow warrior, ships, whaling