ross sea Archive

  • Gareth Hughes

    Southern Ocean whaling, send in the navy! - by Gareth Hughes



    I’ve been calling on the Government to send an offshore patrol vessel for a while now to monitor the whale hunt, to ensure the safety of all vessels down there and to ‘bear witness’ to this environmental crime but the Government has consistently refused to act. read more
    January 16, 2012 3:17 pm - 19 Comments
  • Gareth Hughes

    Jung Woo 2 and Sparta have no place in the Last Ocean - by Gareth Hughes



    The Jung Woo 2 is now the third ship to come to grief in the Ross Sea in little over a year and should serve as a wakeup call for the Government to close off the Ross Sea as a Marine Protected Area. read more
    January 12, 2012 10:16 am - 2 Comments
  • Gareth Hughes

    Saving the last ocean - by Gareth Hughes



    The environmental disaster in Tauranga highlights the close links Kiwis have with the marine environment – we love it and want to protect it. Most of the recent blog posts here have been on the Rena and the situation in Tauranga, but today I wanted to express my grave disappointment in the Government. According to [...] read more
    October 13, 2011 2:04 pm - 6 Comments
  • frog

    The last ocean - by frog



    The Ross Sea is described as the world’s last ocean. The Greens support making the Ross Sea a Protected Area, which would mean protecting the Ross Sea’s Antarctic toothfish from fishing. Do you agree? read more
    November 5, 2009 9:33 am - 8 Comments