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...

This is where you can read, see, and hear the latest from the Greenpeace crew members in the Southern Ocean. Click on the icon to listen and watch Greenpeace in action. Our illustrated radio format requires a free, downloadable Realplayer from Real Audio.

Radio Log: Marine Debris

the Arctic Sunrise
20 February

What happens to all that litter? At least some of it reaches the remote Southern Ocean where it can have disastrous results...

Crew on board the Arcitic Sunrise spotted what looked like a small yellow plastic bottle 20 metres off port. So did a wandering albatross which landed next to the debris and started tossing it around with its bill. To the albatross it must look just like a piece of kelp frond (regular surface debris) and likely to be encrusted with barnacles or other digestible materials. Hopefully the wanderer did not swallow it, but if it did there is the possibility of nasty consequences.

Plastic debris poses the greatest threat. Generally non-biodegradable, pieces of plastic can drift on the world's ocean for years and wind up in otherwise pristine places like subantarctic Heard Island or Antarctica itself. Crew on Greenpeace ships regularly conduct marine debris surveys to get a reading of the state of the world's oceans. Click here to find out how they are conducted.

 

Radio Log: The Helicopter Crew New Zealanders Phil Robinson and Barry Small talk about the realities of maintaining "Tweetie" in some of the roughest seas on the planet. Click on the image above to meet the helicopter crew.

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