Greenpeace enfrentó a buque surcoreano pescando en el Atlántico SurActivistas de Greenpeace enfrentaron en aguas internacionales del Atlántico Sur al buque pesquero surcoreano Meridian N°8, uno de los 400 barcos que cada año saquean el hogar de decenas de especies marinas en peligro. Según organismos internacionales como el CCAMLR (Antártida) y SEAFO, el pesquero cuenta con un historial de actividades ilegales de pesca, registrado años atrás. (1) La organización ambientalista navegó en el barco Esperanza hasta el Agujero Azul, un ecosistema marino único para frenar a uno de los buques pesquero que realiza prácticas destructivas. Mientras pescaban los activistas escalaron hasta asomarse a la cubierta del barco y desplegaron el cartel: "Sobrepesca = Crimen Ambiental". Al finalizar, pintaron “Saqueadores” sobre el casco del buque. © Cristobal Olivares / Greenpeace
Ship Tour Arctic Sunrise: Overfishing in the Argentine SeaBruno Giambelluca and Luisina Vueso, from the Greenpeace Argentina campaign team, hold a banner with the message: Protect the Oceans. A few days after leaving the port of Ushuaia (Argentina), the Arctic Sunrise with the Greenpeace team on board arrived at the Blue Hole and witnessed the large number of fishing vessels that operate without control in the habitat of whales and other species. This scene shows the destruction in the marine ecosystem, similar to a forest devastated after deforestation. Vessels take advantage of the lack of regulation in international waters to plunder the areas that border Argentina's exclusive economic zone.© Esteban Medina San Martin / Greenpeace
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Activists Paint ILLEGAL on Fishing Trawler's Hull in the Argentine SeaGreenpeace activists painted the word ILLEGAL on the hull of a boat that was trawling in the Blue Hole, outside Argentina's exclusive economic zone, but on the extended platform of national jurisdiction, some 500 kilometers from Puerto Madryn. The activists denounced the impacts of trawling, which is comparable to deforestation but from a seabed. Greenpeace calls for a Global Ocean Treaty that provides mechanisms for the creation of marine sanctuaries in international waters. In turn, at the national level, it demands that this year the bill for the creation of a marine benthic protected area in the Blue Hole be discussed and approved. If this project were approved, Argentina would take a first step to protect this ecosystem, restricting one of the fishing techniques with the greatest impact, such as bottom trawling.© Martin Katz / Greenpeace
MY Arctic Sunrise during Argentine Sea Ship TourSouthwest Atlantic Ocean, Blue Hole, Argentina 2022. Tour Travesía 2022 Arctic Sunrise. As the Greenpeace team navigate the Southwest Atlantic, hundreds of fishing boats plunder the sea. We call for an urgent Global Ocean Treaty to protect marine ecosystems such as the home of the iconic Southern Right Whale.© Esteban Medina San Martin / Greenpeace
Activists Paint Deep Sea Mining Industry Vessel in the Pacific OceanGreenpeace International activists paint the word 'RISK!' on the starboard side of Normand Energy, a vessel chartered by the Belgian company Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR). The Rainbow Warrior is bearing witness to equipment tests carried out by GSR using the Patania II nodule collector, at approximately 4500 metres deep in the Clarion Clipperton Zone. The mining company is aiming to commercially extract minerals from the seabed in the future. The Greenpeace ship is in the Clarion Clipperton Zone in the Pacific to bear witness to the deep sea mining industry. Part of the ongoing 'Protect the Oceans' campaign.© Marten van Dijl / Greenpeace
Humpback Whale in the Great Barrier ReefA Humpback whale breaches off a reef in the Southern Great Barrier reef on its Southern Migration, Queensland, Australia. Humpback whales travel huge distances from the warm waters of the great barrier reef on the east coast of Australia to icy waters of the southern Ocean off Antarctic.© Paul Hilton / Greenpeace
Projection Calling for Ocean Protection in New YorkGreenpeace USA activists project ocean protection messages onto the Chrysler Building to send a clear message to delegates at the United Nations in New York during the second week of the resumed IGC5 negotiations. Without a strong Treaty being agreed at this round of talks, it will be practically impossible to protect 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030. This is the minimum scientists say is necessary to allow the oceans to recover from decades of pollution, overfishing, and other industrial activities.© Greenpeace
Spanish Longliner Nuevo Zumaya in the Atlantic OceanA shark is hauled onboard the Nuevo Zumaya, a Spanish longliner targeting swordfish in the south east Atlantic. The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise and crew are investigating distant water fishing fleet practices in the Mid-Atlantic during September and October 2019.© Tommy Trenchard / Greenpeace
Hawksbill Turtle in Komodo National ParkA critically endangered hawksbill turtle swims over the coral gardens at Kanawa Island near Flores, Indonesia. The island is located in the Komodo National Park.© Paul Hilton / Greenpeace
The Afrika Super Trawler in MauritaniaAFRIKA SCH 24 SCHEVENINGEN, a Dutch super trawler fishing 30 miles off the coast of Mauritania. Greenpeace is campaigning in West Africa for the establishment of a sustainable, low impact fisheries policy that takes into account the needs and interests of small-scale fishermen and the local communities that depend on healthy oceans.© Pierre Gleizes / Greenpeace