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5 tips for eating seafood guilt-free!
Do you know what you’re putting in your mouth? Chances are, when it comes to seafood, you probably don’t.
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Overfishing affects me too
With more than 10% of the world’s population depending on fisheries for their livelihood, it’s fair to say that fishing helps make the world go round.
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Monsters of the oceans: 7 criminal super trawlers that threaten our waters
Monster boats. The name says it all. But they’re not the kind of monsters that hide under your bed. They are big, bad and could be floating our way soon – unless we stop them! Loggerhead turtle caught in the net of the Ecuadorean purse seiner ‘Ingalapagos’, which was documented fishing on a fish aggregation…
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Super seiners vs fishermen: How a nation dependant on fishing is being devastated by boats
We usually refer to them as Pacific Island nations, but calling places like Kiribati ocean nations is more accurate. The people of Kiribati are not just surrounded by oceans – they depend on healthy oceans for survival. Kiribati forms one of the biggest exclusive economic zones (EEZ) in the world and boasts one of…
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REPORT: Monster Boats – The scourge of the oceans
The destructive concentration of power and quotas in the EU fishing industry
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The Great Barrier Reef belongs to all of us.
Could the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area become one of the largest coal ports in the world? The Australian Government has approved construction of the devastating Carmichael mega-mine. This coal mine would be the largest Australia has ever seen. Its coal would produce a shocking 130 million tonnes of deadly carbon dioxide emissions every…
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The true cost of cheap prawns
Like to throw a prawn on the barbecue? If we give a moment’s thought to where it came from, we might imagine a sunburnt Australian fisher skillfully casting his net into coastal waters and hauling in his humble catch. Nothing, I’m afraid, could be further from the truth. Over 60 per cent of prawns…
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Here are 10 reasons why super trawlers are not welcome in Australia!
Do you remember the Margiris super trawler that we kicked out of Australian oceans in 2012? I certainly do – I sat on a Greenpeace inflatable and cheered as I watched the monstrous machine leave Australia. Do you remember the Margiris super trawler that we kicked out of Australian oceans in 2012? I certainly do…
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Spring Fishion Show kicks off seafood labelling campaign
It’s all about the label, according to top model and environmental scientist Laura Wells who compered the Bouillabaisse Spring Fishion Show which launched the ‘Label My Fish’ campaign in Sydney this month. Roses and sunshine served as a glorious backdrop in Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens. Guests nibbled on fish shortbread and watched models strut…
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Horrific footage: Are you eating ocean slaughter?
This shocking video about destructive tuna fishing underlines why we need accurate seafood labelling in Australia. In this video, with footage from the Indian Ocean and leaked by fishermen, you can see all the reasons Greenpeace Australia Pacific campaigned, and won, to stop bad practices in the Australian tuna industry. The video shows FADS…