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The Science
Patagonian Toothfish are not the only species being decimated by pirate fishing vessels. The science team on board the Arctic Sunrise documents the impact pirate fishing has on a wide array of bird species in the Southern Ocean.Don't forget to feast your eyes on our Bird of the Week!
Longline Fishing
What is longline fishing and why is it so detrimental to a variety of wildlife?
Campaign Report
Track the progress of our campaign by checking out these periodic reports from Greenpeace's onboard campaign team.
Ship Log & Webcast
What's daily life like on a Greenpeace ship? How does the crew prepare for these dramactic actions? And just what is a bosun anyway? Get first hand accounts from our crew.
Last Year
In 1999 Greenpeace embarked on an expedition to expose pirate fishing
in the Southern Ocean and caught the notorious, Spanish-owned pirate vessel
Salvora illegally fishing in the French waters around Kerguelen Island.
Here's an overview of that campaign...
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 Light-mantled Sooty Albatross
One of the smaller albatrosses. It has a range of several thousand kilometers from its breeding colonies on the sub-Antarctic islands in the Southern and Indian Oceans. In the summers it can be found in deeper waters near the pack ice. This bird does follow long liners.
Scientific Name: Phoebetria palpebrata
Breeding: Breeds every two years.
Breeding Season: October - June
Colonies: South Georgia, Prince Edward, Crozet, Kerguelen, Heard, Macqueire, Campbell, Antipodes, and Auckland Islands
Population: Over 120,000
Status: Insufficient Data but scientists are reporting the early signs of a declining population on Macquarie Island.
Range:
 Winter
 Summer
The Light-mantled Sooty Albatross can be found around the entire Antartic continent. In the summer it ranges from the pack ice north to 52 degrees S Latitude. In the Winter it has been found as far north as Chile.
Sources: "Indentification of Seabirds of the Southern Ocean" Derek Onley and Sandy Bartle. Greenpeace
See all: Birds of the Week
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