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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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Add your voice to the call for a genuinely historic sanctuary
Right now the Australian government is deciding the fate of Australia’s Coral Sea. The countdown is on to protect nearly one million square kilometres of unique coral reefs, atolls and underwater canyons flanking the world-heritage listed Great Barrier Reef. Blogpost by Nathaniel Pelle – December 6, 2011 Just a few weeks back I sailed out…
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Greenpeace and Palau bust pirates in Palau shark sanctuary
Press release – 8 December, 2011Palau, 8 December 2011 – Palauan fisheries officials have boarded and detained a Taiwanese fishing vessel suspected of illegal fishing activities during a joint patrol with Greenpeace of the Pacific Island nation’s exclusive economic zone. The Greenpeace ship Esperanza and the Palauan patrol boat, PSS President H.I. Remeliik, are currently…
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Catching pirates from the sky
Pirates, in my imagination, are valiant seafarers in search of richness and glory in the high seas. In the olden days, they where regarded with fear and loathing for tales run wild of ghastly misdemeanors. They rob, hijack and loot treasures – questionable acts indeed. But they exude such an aura of fierceness and might…
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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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Stinking and dripping on the poop-deck!
I’ve just returned from a dive beneath a giant floating catastrophe, an ugly lump of death-dealing metal floating in the high seas. Blogpost by Nathaniel Pelle, Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Oceans Campaigner No, it wasn’t a warship. This particular lump of metal was a fish aggregating device, or FAD, that we happened upon on the high…
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Kababayan towards a more sustainable tuna fishery
Blogpost by Joan Neris, volunteer translator onboard the Esperanza on the Defending our Pacific ship tour “Arya!” shouted the captain. This word reverberated around Purple Lilac 888 as it readied itself to release its net. “Arya”, which literally means “forge ahead”, is a Philippine term used in fishing jargon to refer to the release of…
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Let’s Occupy Oceans
Blogpost by Alex Hofford, photographer on board the MY Esperanza, Defending our Pacific ship tour 2011 Currently I’m on assignment for Greenpeace as the photographer on board the ‘MY Esperanza’ as part of the ‘Defending the Pacific‘ tour 2011. I arrived at the ship from my adopted home, Hong Kong, about two weeks ago, expecting…
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Protecting forests, traditional welcomes and leaving PNG
My name is Jamie, I work as the Online Manager in the Sydney office. I've just arrived in Port Moresby to join the MY Esperanza on the second leg of the Defending the Pacific ship tour.
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Protecting the wild south: Antarctica
Blogpost by Richard Page Oceans campaigner Richard Page is currently attending the annual meeting of CCAMLR Commission, where discussions are underway for a representative network of marine protected areas across the Southern Ocean by 2012. Although it’s spring here in Hobart, Tasmania, the sometimes-chilly weather reminds me that there is only 3,500km (2000 miles) of…