Considering that we produce about 300 million tons of plastic per year, the bulk of which is not being reused or recycled, reports of disturbingly polluted oceans are bound to only get more shocking in time.

Could we ever fully appreciate and value the essential role which the oceans play in our world’s ecology and the future health of our planet? The Sea Pledge Saldanha to Sodwana Coastal Tour aims to generate opportunities for local communities who depend on the ocean.

Illegal fishing scandals and human rights abuses linked to South Korea’s fishing industry have earned the country a bad reputation that is jeopardising its fish trade with the US and the EU, Greenpeace East Asia said.

The monitoring of tuna fisheries must be strengthened and transfers of fish at sea banned to end the overfishing crisis in the Indian Ocean, Greenpeace International said earlier this month after it again found illegal fishing operations in the region.

Greenpeace held talks with the Mauritian government and key stakeholders about sustainable tuna fisheries this past weekend following the arrival of the Rainbow Warrior in Port Louis.