destructive fishing

Thank you for helping us to stamp out beam trawling!

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Campaign archive: September 2007

Oceans - the problems

Last edited 10 November 2006 at 4:03pm

Over-fishing poses a threat to fish stocks around the world

Over-fishing poses a threat to fish stocks around the world

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Deep-water fishing: time to stop the destruction

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Publication date: 
25 May, 2005

Summary

A Greenpeace report on the scandal of deep-water fishing which has decimated ocean life on seamounts, mounds, ridges and canyons.

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Dead dolphins delivered to French government on both sides of the Channel

Last edited 31 March 2005 at 9:00am
31 March, 2005

Dead dolphins bearing the scars of a final struggle in large fishing nets were today (31 March) delivered simultaneously to French government offices in Paris and London. The deliveries came as Greenpeace renewed calls for a total ban on pair trawling - a form of fishing which is estimated to kill thousands of dolphins in the Channel every year.

In London, Greenpeace activists delivered the frozen dolphins to the French Embassy in Knightsbridge. The dolphins were left on the steps to the building. In Paris, the dolphins were delivered to the office of the Fisheries Minister.

Artist Kurt Jackson backs dolphin bycatch campaign

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29 March, 2005

Cornwall based artist Kurt Jackson has added his voice to those calling for an end to pair trawling for sea bass - which is killing thousands of dolphins in the Channel every year.

Jackson joined the crew of Greenpeace's flagship Esperanza last week to lend his support to their campaign. As a resident of west Cornwall he regularly sees the end results of the fishery - dead dolphins washed up on Cornish beaches.

Greenpeace's flagship the Esperanza left Falmouth on the 17 February to campaign for a total ban on pair trawling for sea bass in the Channel. Since then the onboard team have been gathering evidence of the impacts of pair trawling and taking direct action to stop pair trawlers from operating. The crew have also collected dead dolphins from the sea for later delivery to the Institute of Zoology for full post mortem.

New laws won't protect dolphins

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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.

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.

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

Science: shaping campaigns

Last edited 22 March 2002 at 9:00am
Dr Kevin Brigden at work in Greenpeace's research laboratory, Exeter University

Dr Kevin Brigden at work in Greenpeace's research laboratory, Exeter University