A charity in Auckland was recently bemoaning the fact that they were not issued a permit to release 12,000 rubber ducks into the harbour for their fundraiser. It demonstrates how ignorance abounds in the corporate sector, and while the CEO Keith Mackenzie’s...
In a somewhat surprising move, Ontario based Marineland have just announced their plans to sue 19-year old student Zach Affolter for $1m. It raises a number of interesting issues, and the case may yet backfire on Marineland.As a quick background, Zach acquired Orca...
A whale shark swam past an oil rig the other day in China, and it caused quite a stir on their social media as oil workers posted images and video of this awesome fish. The following day it was hanging in the Beihai Fish market and sold by a Mr Liao and Mr Huang, who...
The massive Chinese Fishing Fleet roaming the Pacific and elsewhere fishing illegally came in for a rude awakening recently. The “Hua Li 8” was spotted by the Argentinian Navy fishing illegally within their EEZ. A skirmish ensued and after considerable drama, the...
There was an item doing the rounds yesterday about Inky the Octopus that escaped from New Zealand’s National Aquarium. It was a feel-good story reminiscent of “Finding Nemo”, and in many ways it was quite extraordinary what Inky achieved – He got out of the...
Earthrace Conservation calls for an immediate halt before thousands more seal pups are brutally killed. Graphic footage was captured by covert filming of the annual seal cull on one of Namibia’s highest security beaches, Atlas Bay, a lucrative diamond mining...
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Video blog from Pete Bethune about the Shark Stanley campaign that Earthrace is supporting, started by www.sharkdefenders.com. A great way for people to join in an action from home and pressure CITES into increasing protecting for our manta rays and sharks. At...
Covert Surveillance mission around Banks Peninsula. Vessels fish inside a marine mammal sanctuary that is supposed to protect the last of the endangered Hectors Dolphin. Read more about the endangered Hector’s and...
The swing from hell. Slung between 2 big pines trees and winched up a third tree. One of the coolest swings you’ll ever see… and not for the faint...
The Earthrace UK team went to Whale Fest in Brighton (October 2012) and were joined by our fearless leader, Pete Bethune, all the way from New Zealand. As well as giving a well attended talk on ‘the Hard Edge of IUU Fishing’, Pete took a tour of the...
Pete goes kayaking up the amazing Tairua harbor and finds Osama Bin Laden’s house. Not to mention one of the prettiest estuaries in the...
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