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Last edited 1 January 1970 at 1:00am
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New league table shows supermarkets leading 'green' revolution

Last edited 5 October 2006 at 8:00am
5 October, 2006

Greenpeace calls for all supermarkets to stop selling beam trawled seafood
One year since Greenpeace challenged the sea food industry to clean up its act by dropping destructively fished species from their shelves, a new report released today shows that major retailers in the UK are leading a revolution that is transforming the entire fishing industry.

Article tagged as: fisheries, overfishing, press releases, sustainable seafood

WTO gambling with livelihoods and environment

Last edited 12 December 2005 at 9:00am
12 December, 2005

On the eve of the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) 6th Ministerial meeting in Hong Kong, environment and anti-poverty campaigners have delivered a statement to Prime Minister Tony Blair, demanding the government reject any deal that continues to allow big businesses to compound poverty and environmental degradation. The deal on the table at the WTO, they say, reneges on government promises in both areas, taking international trade in the wrong direction. [2]

Article tagged as: agriculture, business and political unit, fisheries, forests, press releases, WTO

Government dolphin protection measures exposed as hollow gesture in High Court

Last edited 10 October 2005 at 8:00am
10 October, 2005

Government measures to conserve dolphin populations in the English Channel were exposed as merely a hollow political gesture in the High Court today.

Article tagged as: cetaceans, fisheries, oceans, press releases

Help protect the UK's whale, dolphin and porpoise populations!

Last edited 7 October 2002 at 8:00am
Bottlenose dolphin

Bottlenose dolphin

UK whale, dolphin and porpoise (collectively know as cetaceans) populations are under threat. You can help protect them by:

1. Writing to your MP expressing your concern about this problem and asking him/her to:

Article tagged as: bycatch, cetaceans, fish, fisheries, oceans

Whales in competition with commercial fisheries

Last edited 4 April 2000 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
17 April, 2000

A modern myth based on pseudo-science

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Article tagged as: fisheries, reports, whales, whaling

Principles For Ecologically Responsible Low-Impact Fisheries

Last edited 1 May 1998 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
31 May, 1998

This report details Greenpeace's position on the principles for fisheries and fish management and our call for urgent government and industry action.

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Article tagged as: fisheries, government, overfishing, reports