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Countries leave Pacific tuna commission with license to overfish
Press release – 9 December, 2013Cairns, 6 December 2013 – The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission 10th meeting ended today. The discussions had been at a deadlock over conservation and management measures needed to reverse overfishing of the region’s bigeye tuna stocks. As a result, the meeting failed to take action to end overfishing…
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Hamba Kahle, Nelson Mandela: With Our Deepest Gratitude
“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.” — Nelson Mandela speaking at the 90th birthday celebration of Walter Sisulu, Walter Sisulu Hall, Randburg, Johannesburg, South Africa, 18…
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A HUGE thank you to all our volunteers
International Volunteers Day is celebrated each year on the 5th of December, a great opportunity to reflect on a huge year and all the fantastic work and the continued commitment of our amazing volunteer base across Greenpeace Australia Pacific. Greenpeace was founded by volunteers over 40 years ago and our work continues to be reliant…
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Dredging set to swamp decades of Great Barrier Reef protection
After decades of work, A$200 million in taxpayer funding and even more from farmers' pockets, we finally have a rare good news story to tell about the Great Barrier Reef. Thanks to an extraordinary effort, we have stopped at least 360,000 tonnes of sediment and large amounts of other agricultural run-off polluting Australia’s most famous…
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Enough is enough; we need to reclaim our seas and fisheries now
The Western and Central Pacific is the world’s largest tuna fishery, with millions of people depending on it for food and their livelihoods. It is also an economic lifeline for many of our region’s small island states. But there is trouble in paradise. More and more boats are entering the fishery from developed nations eager…
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Greenpeace urges Cairns tuna summit to end overfishing and control fleets
Press release – 30 November, 2013Suva/Sydney, 1 December 2013 – Greenpeace activists today deployed a floating banner at a harbour in the Pacific, reading: “Fewer boats more fish WCPFC Act Now!” This message is directed at the members of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), who are meeting in Cairns, Australia next week.…
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Longline fisheries are out of line – Greenpeace
Press release – 26 November, 2013Sydney, Wednesday 27 November 2013: The world’s longline tuna fisheries are out of control, rife with illegal fishing and responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of marine turtles and threatened sharks every year.These are some of the findings of a new report ‘Out of line, the global failure of tuna…
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Industrial fishing in the Pacific is out of control: Greenpeace
Press release – 17 November, 2013Suva, 18 November, 2013 – Comprehensive measures need to be put in place to reduce fishing capacity to save the region’s tuna fisheries, Greenpeace Australia Pacific urged in a new report launched today.In 2012 there was a record tuna catch and record number of vessels in the purse seine fishery.…
