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Our leaders can and should save the Pacific tuna next week
Ocean stewardship in the Pacific has come a long way. Ask a Pacific islander fifty years ago about managing fish and you would have been greeted with a look of bemusement. After all, fish back in the day were thought of as unlimited. Ask a pacific islander today about managing fish and the response will…
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Kababayan towards a more sustainable tuna fishery
Blogpost by Joan Neris, volunteer translator onboard the Esperanza on the Defending our Pacific ship tour “Arya!” shouted the captain. This word reverberated around Purple Lilac 888 as it readied itself to release its net. “Arya”, which literally means “forge ahead”, is a Philippine term used in fishing jargon to refer to the release of…
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Protecting forests, traditional welcomes and leaving PNG
My name is Jamie, I work as the Online Manager in the Sydney office. I've just arrived in Port Moresby to join the MY Esperanza on the second leg of the Defending the Pacific ship tour.
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The future of our oceans deserves a fair debate in Taiwan
Today, Greenpeace activists went to the Taiwan Fisheries Agency’s headquarters to demand they address the tuna overfishing crisis and be more transparent about the Agency’s budget and policy-making.
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Revealed: Australia’s first sustainable tuna in a can
Greenpeace has revealed Australia’s first ever sustainable canned tuna range by a major brand today at the launch of its canned tuna ranking at Sydney Aquarium.
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UK tuna giant John West quits destructive fishing. Australian consumers miss out
Press release – 25 July, 2011London/Sydney, 26th July 2011: This week, tuna brand John West UK announced a shift to sustainable sourcing and lent its backing to Pacific marine reserves. Its actions mean the UK supermarket sector is the most sustainable worldwide on canned tuna.While John West joins UK companies Princes, Asda, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, M&S,…
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Greenpeace blockades Pacific-bound unregistered Tuna ship in Taiwan harbour
Press release – 24 January, 2011Activists from the Greenpeace flagship the Rainbow Warrior today prevented the departure of fish carrier MV Lung Yuin, demanding that Taiwan’s Fisheries Agency (FA) properly investigate and as appropriate, prosecute the ship’s owners, who are in apparent breach of Taiwan’s laws. A Greenpeace activist chained himself to Lung Yuin’s anchor…
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Minister Burke fails to protect iconic Southern Bluefin Tuna
Press release – 24 November, 2010Today, Australia’s Environment Minister failed to take the action needed to protect the iconic Southern Bluefin Tuna from overfishing.Minister Burke has decided not to class Southern Bluefin Tuna as a critically endangered species on Australia’s Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act List. Greenpeace’s spokesperson Genevieve Quirk said that “Minister…
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Deciding the fate of the world’s tuna
Pacific tuna campaigner Duncan Williams answers some questions about the international tuna meeting he’s attending in Brisbane. You’ve come all the way from Fiji for this international meeting on tuna. What’s the meeting about and why is it so important? Kobe II is the only time that all the tuna commissions from around the world…
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‘The End Of The Line’ Gets Celebrity Thumbs Up
We couldn’t wait to see reactions to this compelling documentary. It is a mind-blowing film that reveals overfishing as one of the biggest environmental issues of our time. It's screening for a limited season across Australia.