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Winners of annual Joanna Toole Ghost Gear Solutions Award announced
Established in 2019, the Joanna Toole Ghost Gear Solutions Award honours Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI) co-founder, United Nations worker and former World...
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Protecting ocean wildlife: winners of the annual Joanna Toole Ghost Gear Solutions Award announced
An initiative to reduce lost or discarded fishing gear, known as ghost gear, near St. Paul Island, Alaska, and a pilot to assess establishing the first ever...
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Award for fund to protect sea animals in memory of Joanna Toole opens for second year
This World Oceans Day (June 8) entries are open for the second annual Joanna Toole Ghost Gear Solutions Award, which is presented to the project that shows...
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Protecting ocean wildlife: winners of the first Joanna Toole Ghost Gear Solutions Award announced
An award to honour oceans advocate Joanna Toole, whose life was tragically taken in the Ethiopian airlines crash in March 2019, today announces its winners
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New award in memory of extraordinary ocean advocate Joanna Toole
This World Oceans Day, we are announcing an award to fund work protecting sea animals in honour of our friend and former campaigner, Joanna (Jo) Toole, who...
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Ghost gear still plaguing ocean wildlife, but big business is making improvements
The second edition of our Ghosts Beneath the Waves report shows which fishing companies are moving to protect marine animals – and why others must act now
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In memory of Jo Toole, an extraordinary protector of marine animals
On 10 March we tragically lost a friend and colleague - and animals lost one of their most passionate advocates. But Jo Toole's vital work for wildlife will...
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Tesco, Lidl and Nestlé join fight against fishing gear left in our oceans
We've moved supermarkets Tesco and Lidl, and the world’s biggest food company Nestlé, to tackle 'ghost gear'. The companies are joining our Global Ghost Gear...
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Success! International Whaling Commission to protect whales from ghost gear entanglement
This week we’re celebrating this incredible decision from the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Lost and abandoned fishing gear – ghost gear – is the...
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UN makes historic commitment to fight ghost gear
We’ve successfully lobbied the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to protect marine animals by tagging fishing nets. This significant decision means...
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