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Armada of fishing vessels in South Atlantic as UN ocean treaty negotiations fail

As the fourth round of negotiations towards a Global Ocean Treaty fail to reach an agreement at the UN Headquarters in New York, the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise has encountered a vast fleet of over 400 vessels fishing in the South Atlantic. While returning from its recent expedition in the Antarctic, the crew discovered 265 vessels in […]

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Simon Pegg aides Greenpeace in fishing protests

The Hollywood actor joined forces with Greenpeace last week to chase away industrial boats from marine protected areas. Fresh from filming Mission Impossible 8, Pegg climbed aboard Greenpeace’s Sea Beaver, and took part in Operation Ocean Witness- the organisation’s latest mission, patrolling the UK’s marine protected areas off the south coast and preventing them from […]

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Russia’s marine death caused by algae bloom

The massive marine die-off in Russia is now believed to be caused by an unprecedented algae bloom. The mystery pollution which has caused surfers to suffer nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, fever and corneal burns – as well as killing off 95 percent of bottom-dwelling organisms like sea urchins and star fish – is now suspected to […]