Protect sharks before it’s too late
Very few pictures sum up the plight of sharks quite as well as Alex Hofford's photos of the shark processing factory at Kesen-numa City,...
Q&A: The Antarctic krill fishery
We ask Dimitri Sclabos, of Tharos Ltd., a world-leading krill consultancy, what the future holds for the Antarctic krill fishery?
Q: What aspect of the boom in commercial...
On the brink of a marine meltdown
Spot the difference. Will we ever learn?
Why is it that with over two-thirds of the Earth's surface covered in water marine conservation still...
Shark tournament corporate sponsorship collapses
We are pleased to announce that Blue Planet Society have succeeded in forcing almost all the major corporate sponsors of USA shark tournaments to...
Fisheries governance after the South China Sea verdict
On the March 23, 2016 an illegal Chinese-flagged fishing vessel, the Fu Yuan Yu 076, entered the Exclusive Economic Zone of China, crossing into...
€4.4 billion spent on emptying our oceans of life
The EU has been subsidising the denudation of our oceans to the tune of €4.4 billion over a 12 year period. Spain, possibly the...
WWF and krill: conservation gone wrong
The Wikipedia entry for the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) states that 'WWF is an international non-governmental organization working on issues regarding the conservation, research and restoration of the environment'. No surprises there...
Sustainable commercial fishing is a myth
To claim that fishing on a commercial scale for any wild species of marine animal is sustainable is at best optimistic and at worse...
China eyes krill fishery – The beginning of the end?
Krill, the final untapped commercial marine resource is now the target of one of the most populous and destructive countries on earth - China....
Hard-hitting Blue Planet Society campaign merchandise
Blue Planet Society are pleased to announce the launch of our new line of hard-hitting campaign merchandise.
Designed to raise funds for campaigning against specific...