Overfishing

Why the Government’s fisheries White Paper could mean a bad deal for local, low impact fishing

Posted by Jerry Percy - 6th July 2018
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This blog is co-written by Jerry Percy, Director of NUTFA and Paul Keenlyside, Political Advisor at Greenpeace There is a contradiction at the heart of the Government’s long awaited White Paper on fisheries. On the one hand, the Government sets out the admirable principle that “the fish in our… Read More

Sustainable fishing in the UK

Posted by Paul Keenlyside - 14th May 2018
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The seas surrounding the UK are some of the most productive and species rich in Europe, yet three out of five UK fishing ports are economically deprived. The number of fishermen in the UK has almost… Read More

Protecting our Blue Planet

Posted by Alice Hunter - 15th December 2017
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From bobbits and brine pools to sea toads and spider crabs  – Blue Planet 2 has opened our eyes to a whole new underwater world, and Sunday evenings just won’t be the same without it. But the season’s finale showed us the threats that are facing… Read More

In Pictures: Still plenty of fish in the West African Sea, Greenpeace investigates on World Fisheries Day

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 21st November 2017
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The Taziazet 1, a Mauritanian fishing boat, and the Esperanza. The Greenpeace ship is on tour in West African waters to address the problem of overfishing in the region.
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It’s World Fisheries Day today and Greenpeace Africa has published a new report about the threats illegal and overfishing practises pose to the livelihood of millions of Africans. In only twenty days, Greenpeace and fisheries inspectors from Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone and Senegal came across 17 vessels contravening applicable… Read More

We have one year to create the largest ever protected area on Earth

Posted by Claire Leveson - 17th October 2017
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A group of Adeli Penguins are seen here in the Antarctic sea ice of the Southern Ocean.

In the words of David Attenborough, “Our planet is a blue planet”. With over 70% of our world covered by water, our oceans can be seen from across the solar system. It wasn’t long ago that the oceans were still believed… Read More

Why I ran to Thai Union, why I stand for tuna and the ocean

Posted by Rattanasiri Kittikongnapang - 2nd June 2017
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Greenpeace activists in tuna costumes run in Central Bangkok
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It was a hot and humid morning in Bangkok but that didn’t stop me from running almost 4 kms in a tuna costume with 20 fellow activists to Thai Union’s headquarters in Bangkok. Was I crazy? Was I hallucinating? No. Over 680,000 consumers from over 130 countries and territories around… Read More