Ocean bushmeat
Most of us have seen the pictures, some of the world's most endangered animals being sold in Africa as bushmeat. A similar situation can...
Supersized plunder: Parlevliet & Van der Plas’s fishing fleet
Fishing Vessel Annelies Ilena, one of the world's biggest supertrawlers, has been detained by the Irish navy for suspected illegal fishing off the coast of Ireland.
But who...
Overfishing is a threat to human existence
Virtually every threat to life in the sea is attributable to our use of the 'wait and see principle', which allows overexploitation, ecosystem destruction...
View seafood differently using the hashtag #Wildlife4Sale
Over the coming weeks Blue Planet Society needs your help to highlight the availability of wild marine animals in supermarkets, fishmongers and fish markets...
Overfishing & piracy
Overfishing in African waters is forcing fishermen to turn to piracy to make a living. The pirates blame foreign trawlers for destroying their livelihoods,...
Understanding climate, plankton and commercial fishing
If you were to ask people what influences the abundance of fish in the sea, most would probably answer ‘commercial fishing’. While it...
€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...
Hundreds of common dolphins killed by commercial fishing bycatch
Well over 300 mostly common dolphins have been recorded washed up dead on the Atlantic coast of England, France and Ireland in the first...
China threatens the entire marine ecosystem
China has the largest fishing fleet in the world at around 300,000 vessels, employing nearly eight million people, and accounts for one-third of the...
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...