Tag Archives: Ocean Rebellion

‘RIP CRABS’: Dead crustaceans dumped on London street in protest of deaths

Protestors have dumped piles of dead and rotting crabs on a London street demanding more action over the mass crustacean deaths along the Teesside coast. The strange occurrence was first noted six months ago when huge piles of dead and dying creatures started to wash up on the beaches at Redcar, Markse and Saltburn and north to Seaton Carew. An image was also etched into the sand at Saltburn beach on Tuesday by local people with a message that read ‘RIP crabs’. A government enquiry into the incident blamed an algal bloom for the crustacean deaths which were first noted last October. It ruled out pollution, dredging activity on the Tees and other causes,,, >click to read< 07:50

Unicorns and Mermaids! Ocean Rebellion in Cornwall call for ban on bottom trawling

Penryn’s Ocean Rebellion crew claimed to have found a gossip of mermaids entangled in discarded fishing waste. They say the pod had washed up along with a trawler boat on Sailors Creek, up the Penryn River. The group claims the mythical creatures are being killed by the effects of ghost fishing gear and damage from industrial fishing, damage that is destroying all the local coastal ecosystems they inhabit.  >click to read< 09:05