Tag: Greenpeace

Fishing for Antarctic krill is allowed in the Antarctic Ocean under the management of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. The fishery is often referred to as the best-managed in the world. Despite that, Greenpeace shows a pattern of fishing activity increasingly close to shore and in the immediate vicinity of penguin colonies and whale feeding grounds.

Last spring, vessels from these companies were arrested in the West African region during a joint patrol between Greenpeace and local fisheries inspectors. Evidence of various infringements including illegal nets, shark finning and fishing without licence were handed over by Greenpeace to West African and Chinese authorities.

In the People vs. Arctic oil climate lawsuit, the Norwegian State was sued for violating the Norwegian Constitution’s environmental Article number 112 for opening up a vast new area for oil and gas drilling in the Norwegian Arctic. Greenpeace and Nature and Youth will challenge the judgement by taking the legal battle directly to the Supreme Court.

Greenpeace will begin an expedition to Antarctica that will see the first humans ever visit the seafloor in the Weddell Sea. This area was proposed by the EU as an ocean sanctuary, a request that will be considered by the Antarctic Ocean Commission in October 2018. The expedition to Antarctica will last three months, in the Greenpeace ship, 'Arctic Sunrise'.The

The research team say there are “many questions and uncertainties” around seabed mining, including legal issues and the difficulties of predicting the scale and extent of impacts in advance, and of monitoring and regulating mining activity once it takes place in the deep sea.

Namely, Greenpeace and Nature and Youth sued the Norwegian government, saying that its acts are unconstitutional and do not comply with the Paris Agreement, in which Norway participates. Greenpeace will now decide whether or not to appeal the court's decision.

An international tribunal has awarded the Netherlands €5.4 million in damages over the Greenpeace ‘Arctic 30’ dispute with Russia. The award follows a long arbitration, dating back to the boarding, seizing and detention of the Greenpeace ship, Arctic Sunrise by Russian authorities, in September 2013.

The US Coast Guard announced that thedetained 24 people on waters of Elliott Bay in Seattle for violating the safety zone around the vessel Polar Pioneer have been released. The individuals have been issued notices of violation that include a $500 fine. The vessel is now transiting north into the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Mikhail Ulyanov, an ice-breaking shuttle tanker belonging to OAO Sovcomflot, has been the subject of a Greenpeace protest, whilst at the Port of Rotterdam carrying a cargo of 67,000 tonnes of crude oi

At least 20 crew have been remanded in custody in Russia for up to two months