![A shark is hauled in as bycatch by crew onboard an Iranian flagged vessel fishing for tuna in the Northern Indian Ocean. A shark is hauled in as bycatch by crew onboard an Iranian flagged vessel fishing for tuna in the Northern Indian Ocean.](https://www.greenpeace.org.au/static/planet4-australiapacific-stateless/2024/01/836c8862-gp1suxj8-1024x683.jpg)
Global Ocean Treaty
![Image of a juvenile Helmet jellyfish (Periphylla periphylla). Image of a juvenile Helmet jellyfish (Periphylla periphylla).](https://www.greenpeace.org.au/static/planet4-australiapacific-stateless/2023/11/00f8a91b-deep-sea-mining-2-gp1swps5-1024x589.jpg)
Deep Sea Mining
Protecting The Ocean
Oceans sustain life on our blue planet – but they’re under threat from climate change, industrial fishing, plastic pollution, and the looming threat of deep sea mining. Ocean protection can’t wait any longer.
![Loggerhead Turtle on Ningaloo Reef](https://www.greenpeace.org.au/static/planet4-australiapacific-stateless/2023/12/38c52667-gp1sx0d0-1024x683.jpg)
1%
How much of the High Seas is currently protected. We must increase this to 30% by 2030
5.25
trillion
The number of pieces of plastic in our oceans. By 2050, our oceans could have more plastic than fish
+5000
The number of species recently discovered in the Pacific, now under threat of extinction because of deep sea mining
![The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise and crew are investigating distant water fishing fleet practices in the Mid-Atlantic](https://www.greenpeace.org.au/static/planet4-australiapacific-stateless/2024/01/7eb1838d-gp0stu6aa-1024x683.jpg)
We need to turn the tide on ocean protection
Our blue planet relies on the oceans to stay in balance. But they’re under threat from man-made pressures, such as climate change, plastic pollution, overfishing, and deep sea mining.
We’re fighting to protect our oceans
We are campaigning for a Global Ocean Treaty, a Global Plastics Treaty, and to stop Deep Sea Mining before it starts.
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More about our oceans
![A net bulging with tuna and bycatch A net bulging with tuna and bycatch](https://www.greenpeace.org.au/static/planet4-australiapacific-stateless/2024/01/5a8c9b7f-gp01y3f-1024x683.jpg)
Sustainable Fishing
![Great Barrier Reef Mass Coral Bleaching Event Great Barrier Reef Mass Coral Bleaching Event](https://www.greenpeace.org.au/static/planet4-australiapacific-stateless/2024/01/d8db33f2-gp0stqm84-1024x589.jpg)
Great Barrier Reef
![Greenpeace ship the Arctic Sunrise in Charlotte Bay, Antarctic Peninsula. Greenpeace is on a three-month expedition to the Antarctic to carry out scientific research, including seafloor submarine dives and sampling for plastic pollution, to highlight the urgent need for the creation of a 1.8 million square kilometre Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary to safeguard species like whales and penguins. © Christian Åslund / Greenpeace Greenpeace ship the Arctic Sunrise in Charlotte Bay, Antarctic Peninsula. Greenpeace is on a three-month expedition to the Antarctic to carry out scientific research, including seafloor submarine dives and sampling for plastic pollution, to highlight the urgent need for the creation of a 1.8 million square kilometre Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary to safeguard species like whales and penguins. © Christian Åslund / Greenpeace](https://www.greenpeace.org.au/static/planet4-australiapacific-stateless/2024/01/b9cdeff4-gp0stripw-1024x576.jpg)
Antarctica
![A polar bear mother and her young on sea ice, north of Svalbard. © Larissa Beumer / Greenpeace A polar bear mother and her young on sea ice, north of Svalbard. © Larissa Beumer / Greenpeace](https://www.greenpeace.org.au/static/planet4-australiapacific-stateless/2023/12/588c81ad-gp04z2q-1024x683.jpg)
The Arctic
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