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Transforming Pacific Tuna for Tomorrow
The Director of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA), Dr Transform Aqorau encouraged its membership to change their mindset about being wealthy custodians of a billion dollar resource and to pursue alternative models of development rather than rely on access arrangements with donors. Blogpost by Duncan Williams The PNA group is responsible for the…
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Working to keep pirates and overfishing out of my backyard
Tuna is the lifeline for many Pacific island communities – a source of income, jobs and food. That’s why, as a Pacific islander and someone who has been working on oceans conservation for over a decade, I am still very angry at the inaction of the people who are meant to be “managing” our oceans.…
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My Christmas wish: responsible fishing in the Pacific
Blogpost by Sari Tolvanen – December 20, 2011 at 13:31 My job as a Greenpeace oceans campaigner has sent me to lots of places in the past ten years- on land and at sea. Last month, I was in Manila, Philippines to meet with the president of Frabelle fishing corporation, one of the largest Filipino fishing companies.…
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Who knows where volunteering could take you…
Monday December 5 is International Volunteer Day – and a great opportunity to celebrate and recognise those who have helped us achieve so much by donating their time to Greenpeace. On board the MY Esperanza for the 2nd leg of the Defending our Pacific ship tour we have a number of people who are here…
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Bycatch. There’s a catch.
I’m here in the middle of the Western Pacific ocean with Greenpeace, onboard the Esperanza, part of the ‘Defending the Pacific’ oceans campaign. Written by Paul Hilton, Photographer on board the Esperanza The campaign objectives are to promote marine reserves and work closely with the Pacific Island nations to establish no-take zones in the international…
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Overfishing in the Pacific – on board the Esperanza
Arthur is the onboard Communication Officer for the first leg of Defending the Pacific 2011. By Arthur Dinio, Communication Officer, Greenpeace For a while I believed Japan is solely to blame for depleting tuna stocks. Now on my second expedition to the Pacific, I cant help but notice the fact that fishing vessels from Taiwan…
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Defending our Pacific with the new team in Korea
It is without a doubt that our oceans are an integral part of human survival and crucial to how Mother Nature goes about her business on a day-to-day basis and maintains. After all, 80% of all the life on Earth lies beneath the surface of our seas. Blogpost by Lagi Toribau Since joining Greenpeace, I…
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Meet Una Lutuilakeba, one of our amazing Pacific volunteers
Unaisi Lutuilakeba (Una) has volunteered with Greenpeace for two years. Originally from Moce on the island of Lau, she volunteers with Greenpeace in Suva, Fiji. How did you start volunteering with Greenpeace? I started volunteering with Greenpeace after I heard about it when I joined them two years ago. What do you do? I am…
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Greenpeace blockades Pacific-bound unregistered Tuna ship in Taiwan harbour
Press release – 24 January, 2011Activists from the Greenpeace flagship the Rainbow Warrior today prevented the departure of fish carrier MV Lung Yuin, demanding that Taiwan’s Fisheries Agency (FA) properly investigate and as appropriate, prosecute the ship’s owners, who are in apparent breach of Taiwan’s laws. A Greenpeace activist chained himself to Lung Yuin’s anchor…