Petitions

With every signature, we make our voices heard and raise the profile of marine conservation. To do this, we need people like you to get involved with us. Through our united appeals, we can convince decision-makers to act thereby making a world of difference.

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OUR PETITIONS

End the Faroese Whale and Dolphin hunts

On the 12th September 2021 at least 1,428 Atlantic white-sided dolphins and dozens of juveniles were killed in one single mass killing event in the Faore Islands. This is the largest dolphin hunt in the islands’ history and possibly the largest single hunt ever undertaken worldwide. It happened in European waters at the doorstep of the European Union which grants these marine mammals the highest protection status and prohibits any direct takes.

On Friday, 9th September 2022, we handed over your signature to the EU representation in Berne, Switzerland.

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Petition on plastic reduction in Switzerland

Switzerland can do without disposable take-away packing, single-use bags and microbeads in person care products.

Our petition on this topic is coming soon.

NEWS

COP27: a missed opportunity also for the Mediterranean basin.

As we had feared, the recently concluded COP27 has been a climate summit hijacked by the oil and gas companies in such a way that no progress has been made on commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Despite the growing seriousness of the climate emergency, the text drafted by the...

November 20, 2022

OceanCare Statement on debate about and in Antigua and Barbuda

The government of Antigua and Barbuda reacted to media reports in the Caribbean about criticism by marine conservation NGOs, including from OceanCare. The public statement by the Prime Minister stands in opposition to the initiatives by the delegation of the island state at the IWC. OceanCare issues a statement in...

October 21, 2022

Positive news in South Africa

A South African court has upheld a ban imposed on the energy giant Shell from using seismic waves to explore for oil and gas off the Indian Ocean coast. The judgment, delivered in Makhanda, is a huge victory and relief for whales and other marine life. Shell was set...

September 8, 2022

Norwegian Prime Minister supports killing Freya the friendly walrus

When a large adult walrus (600kg/1,300lb) arrived in Oslo fjord in mid-July, she soon became a major attraction like many other marine mammals before her that have taken up residence somewhere outside of their normal territory and close to a major human settlement. Crowds rushed to see her.Then, on Sunday,...

August 15, 2022

Intense discussions over Deep-Sea Mining

OceanCare is currently partaking in meetings at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in Kingston, Jamaica. The ISA is in the process of elaborating regulations for a new and highly destructive extractive industry: deep-sea mining. According to scientists, deep-sea mining would have impacts throughout the water column, including physical destruction of...

July 25, 2022

40th anniversary of global ban on commercial whaling celebrated

In July 1982, the member nations of the international Whaling Commission (IWC) held an historic meeting at the Metropole Hotel in Brighton, UK, and agreed a global ban on commercial whaling, which remains in place today and is hailed as one of the most significant conservation victories of all...

July 19, 2022

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