Saturday, October 10, 2009

Become a Sustainable Seafood Activist!

You've got the pirates in your sites now! More than 12,000 of you have taken action and written to the U.S. government demanding stronger regulations on pirated fish. And 2,200 of you have really gone after the pirates by downloading our seafood toolkit and collecting data to reveal supermarkets that are selling red list seafood that they caught.

But, we still need a bigger crew! Help us gather enough data to eliminate pirated fish from our local grocery stores. If retailers stop buying the stolen catch, then pirates will go out of business. And, isn't that what we're rallying for? It's up to YOU to protect endangered fish, marine mammals, and pristine habitat from the destruction of pirate fishermen.

Download your Activist Treasure Chest now!


X marks the spot where pirate fishing ends, and only you have the map to get us there.

If you've already downloaded the toolkit, thank you! Please ask your friends and family to jump in and join our crew. Healthy oceans depend on us taking action and putting an end to ocean destruction and pillaging. Let's work together to apply the right amount of pressure so supermarkets will change their policies.

For the oceans,
John Hocevar
Oceans Campaigner


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Collectively, supermarkets sell a massive amount of seafood and consequently can influence if the products they sell contribute to over-fishing, pirate fishing and destructive fish farming.

Greenpeace needs your help monitoring supermarket seafood policies and practices. The sustainable seafood toolkit will provide you with what you need to survey your local supermarket and report to Greenpeace on whether they support healthy oceans. The information you gather will be used to update our supermarket scorecard and will let supermarkets know Greenpeace has its eye on them.

To become a Sustainable Seafood Activist and download the toolkit, please fill-in the information below and hit the "Submit Answers" button. After you hit the button, you'll see a link where you can open a PDF version of the toolkit in your browser. Just click on the disk icon in the top left corner to save a copy to your computer.

We'll also send you an email with the link just in case. Good luck!


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Info from the Toolkit:


Overfishing and destructive fishing are among the most significant threats facing our
oceans. The UN reports that three-quarters of global fish stocks are either fully exploited
or overexploited. Scientists estimate that 90% of top marine predators such as tuna and
sharks are already gone. Pirate fishing, estimated to account for up to a third of the
global catch, is notorious for targeting at-risk populations and using highly destructive
methods. Destructive fishing indiscriminately kills “non-target” species, including marine mammals and seabirds, and destroys habitats that marine species depend on for survival.
In addition to the direct and cascading effects on marine ecosystems, overfishing and
destructive fishing make our ocean ecosystems more vulnerable to global warming...




https://secureusa.greenpeace.org/survey/start/126/





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