All articles by Greenpeace Australia Pacific
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Super trawler belongs on the scrap heap
Press release – 18 November, 2012Sydney 19th November, 2012: Greenpeace welcomes the Australian Government’s decision to extend the ban on the super trawler, Abel Tasman, for 2 full years.“The only place for the super trawler is on the scrap heap,” said Greenpeace Program Director Ben Pearson. “This boat has plundered fish stocks all around the…
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Greenpeace gives John West HQ a makeover
Press release – 14 November, 2012Melbourne, Thursday 15 November, 2012: Sharks and a giant tuna can are occupying the roof of John West’s headquarters in Melbourne this morning as part of a Greenpeace campaign to expose the company’s destructive fishing practices.Activists dressed as sharks have climbed onto the roof, hanging a banner reading ‘John West…
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Shark attack ends without harm
Press release – 14 November, 2012Thursday 15 November, 2012: Police have arrested two Greenpeace activists dressed as sharks, ending their five hour occupation of John West headquarters in Melbourne.The two Melbourne women, aged 22 and 25, descended from the John West’s roof after the company’s Managing Director agreed to end a month of silence and…
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Pulp Mills and the lock in effect
Asia Pulp & Paper is planning to build a huge new pulp mill in South Sumatra, Indonesia, although the company is still trying to publicly deny it. This will reportedly be one of the world’s biggest pulp mills, with a planned production capacity of up to 2 million tonnes per year. APP is already in…
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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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The little people with the big questions
The staff at Greenpeace feel incredibly lucky to receive letters from people expressing their support of the work we do. Sometimes we receive drawings and poems, sometimes a note of congratulations, sometimes a suggestion. All letters are special – even the ones that tell us where they disagree with our activities. But some of the…
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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…