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Baby fish are hooked on plastic junk food

Posted by Alice Hunter - 3rd June 2016
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Today brought yet more evidence that putting plastic in the ocean is probably not the best idea humankind has ever had. Scientists from Uppsala University in Sweden have discovered that fish larvae born in microplastic-laden waters were “smaller, slower, and more stupid” than those that hatched in clean waters. Read More

Fishing for plankton is ridiculous.

Posted by Willie Mackenzie - 1st June 2016
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In the ocean, plankton is food. There are two types of plankton – tiny plants (phytoplankton) and tiny animals (zooplankton). Zooplankton includes some eggs and larvae of things like fish and crabs, as well as some minute animals that feed on phytoplankton. That makes them the first link in any… Read More

Taking 400,000 people on a trip to the Indian Ocean

Posted by Tom Lowe - 1st June 2016
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If John West’s owner Thai Union doesn’t start protecting the oceans and those who work on them, we’ll continue to shut down their supply chains, explains Tom Lowe, who has just returned from the Greenpeace ship the Esperanza’s tour of the Indian Ocean. It was a sunny April afternoon when… Read More

Three ways you can tell Sainsbury’s to drop John West!

Posted by Alice Hunter - 31st May 2016
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We’ve sent thousands of emails, hundreds of tweets and inundated their Customer Service phone line with calls – but Sainsbury’s still won’t speak out against unsustainable fishing. They seem to think that if they ignore us we’ll go away – but that’s not going to happen. Tesco and Waitrose have… Read More

Behind The Lens

Posted by Meena Rajput - 31st May 2016
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Photographer, Will Rose, joined Greenpeace activists on an expedition to the Indian Ocean to remove dozens of destructive Fish Aggregating Devices. These FADs kill endangered marine life including sharks and turtles, but despite this, leading tuna brands John West and Thai Union continue to use them. Since our campaign launched,… Read More