Greenpeace Oceans Campaigner Karli Thomas says NZ fish stocks like snapper, hoki, orange roughy, yellowfin and bluefin tuna are all endangered and that the government needs to look at changing its quota system to allow for regeneration of stocks.
View video from Breakfast on TV1 on Monday 8th March.

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John Landrigan | 4th March 2010
We love our beautiful beaches, our gorgeous Gulf islands. So why are we turning them into garbage dumps? John Landrigan and chief photographer Kellie Blizard went to Great Barrier Island to see for themselves.

Hayden Smith (left) and Sam Judd clearing trash from the coastline of Great Barrier Island. KELLIE BLIZARD
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Fri, 26 Feb 2010 6:34p.m.
By Samantha Hayes

A documentary that premieres in Wellington next week claims fish will not be commercially available in less than 50 years.
Watch segment from TV3 News on Friday night.

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ABC News Report, Mon 15th Feb:
TONY EASTLEY: While much of the focus on whaling has been centred on skirmishes in the Southern Ocean, an important legal case will begin today in a regional courtroom in northern Japan. Two Japanese Greenpeace activists will stand trial for trespass and the theft of whale meat. If found guilty [...]

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January 14, 2010 — NASA and Florida conservationists joined forces to rescue endangered sea turtles “cold stunned” by record-breaking cold temperatures along the Sunshine State’s coast. © 2010 National Geographic; Video courtesy NASA

With record-breaking cold temperatures in Florida this week, efforts to save tropical sea turtles on the beaches are paying off.
Beginning last week when [...]

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