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Once upon a time we went fishing
Once upon a time in the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand there was a great tradition. Hopeful anglers would gather to face off in the annual Whakatane Tuna Tournament. I say ‘once upon a time’ because the Whakatane Tuna Tournament no longer exists.
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The Esperanza’s back in the Pacific
The sun has just set on my first day back on board the Greenpeace ship, the Esperanza. It’s been six years since I last sailed on the Esperanza for our Pacific fisheries campaign and I am glad to see how much the campaign has evolved over the years. Blog by Farah Obaidullah, oceans campaigner at…
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John West censors damning YouTube video
Press release – 31 October, 2012Thursday, November 1, 2012, Sydney: John West attempted to suppress damning evidence about destructive fishing methods used by the company today by removing a Greenpeace spoof video from YouTube.The Greenpeace spoof ad, which edits raw and bloody footage of the fishing method used by John West into the latest John…
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Look what the FAD dragged in
Greenpeace has long been concerned about the bycatch caused by the use of Fish Aggregating Devices, or FADs, with purse seine nets. This fishing method is a deadly combination of a floating object, left adrift for weeks or months, and a huge encircling net that takes everything in the vicinity. Original Blog post by…
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John West: Australia’s worst tuna brand
Press release – 16 October, 2012Monday, 22 October, 2012, Sydney: Greenpeace has today launched a major new campaign exposing Australia’s biggest tuna brand, John West, for unnecessarily killing a whole host of marine life, including sharks, rays, baby tuna and endangered sea turtles for its canned products.“Australians love tuna, but would be horrified if they…
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Thank you times two million!
When you’re as far north as we are right now, communications come to you like telegrams; they’re few and far between, and only the most important make it through. Blogpost by Martin Norman – October 3, 2012 So when Steve, the radio operator on board the Arctic Sunrise, hand-delivered me a message today, I knew…
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Super-trawlers are feeding on EU fishing subsidies.
In banning supertrawlers from our waters for two years, the Australian Government has sent a strong message to the bloated and subsidised European fishing industry. This Op-Ed first appeared in The Australian 24 Sept 2012 Fishing in Europe is governed by the EU’s law on fishing, known as the Common Fisheries Policy. It has been…
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How Australians banded together to stop the super trawler
How it all happened: It all starts back in West Africa, where super trawlers had destroyed fisheries and left locals without jobs. 13 March 2012: Greenpeace highlights the plunder of super trawlers in West Africa. March 2012: The Government of Senegal bans all foreign trawlers following outrage from fishermen that all their fish had…
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The Greenpeace mission has become mine, and their vision, my dream.
Usually you volunteer because you are a firm believer in the cause, but in my case, I volunteered for Greenpeace out of curiosity. I had no idea what Greenpeace does, but when I got involved, it became an insatiable want to contribute and to help. The Greenpeace mission has become mine, and their vision, my…
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Macken Sense: the environment movement
There is a meme building around the idea that post 2007, the environment movement in Australia has started to come apart like a wet cigar – sure there’s a price on carbon pollution but so what, Tony Abbott will see that off as soon as he gets his feet under the PM’s desk. The Kevin…