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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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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. 
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Click above to listen and watch as the crew from the M/V Arctic
Sunrise survey Heard Island for evidence and impacts of pirate fishing
in the Southern Ocean.
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Radio Log:
Heard Island Expedition
the Arctic Sunrise
28 February
Pirate fishing in the Southern Ocean affects more than just the Patagonian
toothfish. Tens of thousands of the seabirds that live and breed on the
the many small islands surrounding Antarctica hooked and drowned on pirate
longlines each year.
The crew from the M/V Arctic Sunrise returned to Heard Island today to
look for evidence of pirate fishing in the Southern Ocean and to gain
a better understanding of how that fishing might be affecting the island's
bird populations. The crew checked the beaches for debris from pirate
fishing vessels and conducted a count of the island's massive King penguin
colony.
Greenpeace will bring the accumulated evidence of pirate fishing found
both here and in the ocean to the next meeting of the Convention for the
Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) as part of
its ongoing campaign to institute a moratorium on fishing for Patagonian
toothfish.
Check out more webcasts and stories about
life on board
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