Stop deep sea mining campaign
Deep sea mining for rare metals is the new industrial frontier and will have devastating implications for the marine environment.
Proposed mining would threaten not...
EU action on dolphin bycatch – update
Following a statement regarding dolphin bycatch issued by Virginijus Sinkevičius, EU Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries on 25th February (see https://blueplanetsociety.org/2020/02/eu-takes-action-on-dolphin-bycatch/) we have...
Supertrawler Margiris: ‘a Death Star in the galaxy’
A former crewmember of the supertrawler Margiris spills the beans to Blue Planet Society. The following words were received by us via social media...
Robert Plant pulls out of Faroe festival due to whale and dolphin cruelty
Saving Grace ft. Robert Plant and Suzi Dian have pulled out of G! Festival in the Faroe Islands this summer due to the ongoing...
EU takes action on dolphin bycatch
After a lengthy Blue Planet Society campaign, including a petition signed by over 250,000 people, Virginijus Sinkevičius, EU Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries...
The hidden dolphin massacre in EU waters
The killing of common dolphins by fishing vessels may be the world's biggest non-cull slaughter of a large mammal species.
The death, injury and strandings...
End Japan Whaling campaign
Blue Planet Society are urging Japan to cease commercial whaling and rejoin the International Whaling Commission (IWC).
Building up to and during the Rugby World...
More plastic than fish
'There will be more plastic than fish in the world's oceans by 2050' - This was the stark warning from the World Economic Forum...
The most persecuted animals in the ocean?
Author William McKeever visits a shark tournament.
Sharks are dragged for hours on a rod and reel. They are pulled behind speeding boats and tortured...
Fish aren’t food, they’re marine wildlife
Why are marine conservation organisations encouraging people to eat ocean wildlife?
The Good Fish Guide, the Sustainable Seafood Guide, Seafood Watch, most well-known marine conservation...