The Last Ocean in the News

 

The Ross Sea Marine Protected Area comes into Force

 

NZ Film-maker’s dream for ‘last ‘ comes true

New Zealand Herald 30 November 2017

 

Talk: From Passion to Protection – The Story of the Last Ocean Campaign

The Antarctic Office 28 November 201

 

Who Owns Antarctica’s Pristine Oceans?

Smithsonian.com June 12 2017

 

Antartica – while you were sleeping

New Zealand artist Joseph Michael creates a cinematic collision of nature and architecture. 8 June 2017

 

Antarctic Dispatches 

New York Times 18 May 2017

 

Antarctica NZ: 60 years of science at Scott Base

Stuff Science 17 January 2017

 

On the Establishment of a Ross Sea MPA

 

Will the Ross Sea deal really save ‘the Last Ocean’?

Radio New Zealand Nine To Noon 14 December 2016

 

  

A Pyrrhic Victory in Antarctica?

The Diplomat 4 November 2016

 

World’s largest marine park created in Ross Sea in Antarctica in landmark deal

The Guardian 28 October 2016

 

World’s largest marine protected area announced

 

RNZ News 28 October 2016

 

Nations push to protect Antarctica’s ‘last ocean’

BBC News 27 October 2016

 

Antarctic marine reserves deal within reach as Russia thaws environmental stance

The Guardian 17 October 2016

 

Science-based management in decline in the Southern Ocean

Science 14 October 2016

 

Stanford researchers find that the future of Antarctic marine protected areas is at risk

Stanford News 13 October 2016

 

Russia Is Vital to Protecting Antarctica’s Ross Sea

The New York Times 13 October 2016

 

John Kerry Says Saving the Oceans Is a ‘Life or Death’ Issue

National Geographic 16 September 2016

 

Russia dragging heels on creation of Antarctic conservation zone

The Guardian 10 June 2016

 

Opinion: Science of our fisheries study is robust

NZ Herald 23 May 2016

 

In the Wake of Ross

NZ Geographic Issue 139 May-June 2016

 

 

NZ marine reserve bid blocked

NZ Herald 1 November 2013

 

Proposal to Protect Antarctic Waters Is Scaled Back 

New York Times 10 September 2013

 

Ross Sea protected area proposal fails ‘but not all lost’

Voxy.co.nz 17 July 2013

 

Nations fail again to agree protection for Antarctic seas

TVNZ One News 17 July 2013

 

No consensus at CCAMLR disappointing – McCully

Voxy.co.nz 17 July 2013

 

NZ-US bid to protest Ross Sea fails

The Dominion Post 17 July 2013

 

Russia Contests U.S. Proposal for Major Antarctic Conservation Zone

Independent European Daily Express 16 July 2013

 

Ross Sea protection hanging by a thread

Radio New Zealand 16 July 2013

 

Fight to preserve pristine Antarctic ecosystem stalls

New Scientist Environment 16 July 2013

 

Hollywood actor backs Antarctic fishing ban

Stuff.co.nz 16 July 2013

 

Little room for high hopes in Ross Sea talks

The New Zealand Herald 15 July 2013

 

Russia and Ukraine likely to block huge Antarctic marine reserve

The Guardian 11 July 2013

 

Negotiations on the world’s largest marine reserve

Hamburg Evening Gazette 10 July 2013

 

Chch filmmaker wins supreme award at Environmental Film Fest

Scoop 17 June 2013

 

Kiwi’s Ross Sea doco on roll in US by Jamie Morton

NZ Herald 10 June 2013

 

Film Review: “Environment: Piscine plunder” by Michael White

Nature 498, 36 06 June 2013

 

Film Review for Film Society of Lincoln Center’s “Green Screens” by Sandra Irvine

01 June 2013

 

News from The Last Ocean screening at National Geographic

 

VIP audience sees toothfish documentary by Bill Moore

Nelson Mail 20 March 2013

 

Moore, Kerry in support of Ross Sea Marine Protected Area

Scoop 20 March 2013

 

Massive marine protection area a step closer by Tom Hunt

Dominion Post 20 March 2013

 

Kerry backs Antarctic reserve call by Issac Davison

NZ Herald 20 March 2013

 

Precious Antarctica (Video)

TVNZ Seven Sharp 19 March 2013

 

US and NZ commit to vast conservation area by Michael Field

Stuff.co.nz 19 March 2013

 

US supports Antarctic marine reserve

Radio NZ 19 March 2013

 

NZ and US push for world’s biggest marine reserve

Australia Network News 19 March 2013

 

US pushes for Antarctic marine protections by Andrea Thompson

Live Science 19 March 2013

 

John Kerry Urges Support for Ross Sea Antarctic Ocean Reserve by Brian Clark Howard

National Geographic News 19 March 2013

 

Kerry Urges Creation of Vast Marine Reserve in Antarctica by Nicole Gaouette

Bloomberg News 18 March 2013

 

Kerry Supports Giant Marine Reserve in Antarctica’s Ross Sea

Environment News Service 19 March 2013

 

John Kerry Calls for Action for Ross Sea Antarctic Ocean Reserve by Tamarra Kemsley

Nature World News 19 March 2013

 

US backs Antarctic reserve amid fishing ban

Khaleej Times 19 March 2013

 

Chch film-maker targets US politicians by Anna Turner

Timaru Herald 18 March 2013

 

Kerry to speak on Ross Sea plan by Audrey Young

Weekend Herald 16 March 2013

 

 

NZ media coverage following film release

 

REVIEWS

 

Fishy dealings close to home by Graeme Tuckett
Dominion Post 10 August 2012

 

The nightmare impact of uncontrolled fishing by Sam Edwards
Waikato Times 8 September 2012

 

Caught with our hand in the toothfish pie by James Croot
Weekend Press 8 September 2012

 

The Last Ocean by Melenie Parkes
Yahoo Entertainment NZ 2 October 2012

 

ARTICLES

 

Editorial – NZ’s dirty fishing secret


Waikato Times 17 October 2012

Doco finds high-powered forum

NZ Herald 11 October 2012

Region’s future ‘chance for NZ to lead

NZ Herald 11 October 2012

NZ scientists’ plea to preserve ‘The Last Ocean’

NZ Herald 1 October 2012

Documentaries by Fiona Rae

The Listener 29 September 2012

NZ out in cold on Antarctic protection by Steve Kilgallon

Sunday Star Times 23 September 2012

Kremlin to Consider U.S. Proposal on Antarctic Reserve


Moscow Times 19 September 2012

Letters to the Editor: Ocean protection by Margaret Forsyth

NZ Herald 12 September 2012

Letters to the Editor: Toothfish exploitation by Kim Timms

Waikato Times 11 September 2012

Good ticket sales assure return of film festival by Charlie Gates

The Press 10 September 2012

The Last Ocean

Verve Auckland 1 September 2012

The Big Issues

The Press 29 August 2012

Christchurch director fighting for Antarctic toothfish by Tom Doudney

Mainland Press 23 August 2012

Untouched Sea by James Croot

Weekend Press 18 August 2012

Something Fishy by Rebecca Priestley

The Listener 18 August 2012

Show time by Sam Edwards

Waikato Times 16 August 2012

All at Sea by Sarah Heeringa

Good Magazine 13August 2012

Highlighting plight of ‘Last Ocean’ by Tom McKinley

Otago Daily Times 11 August 2012

Life’s rich tapestry

The Press 3 August 2012

Capturing Antarctica’s beauty on film by Amy Jackman

The Wellingtonian 2 August 2012

Toothfish ‘well managed’ by Bill Moore

Nelson Mail 30 July 2012

Battle to preserve the Ross Sea by Steve Killgallon

Stuff.co.nz – 29 July 2012

A feast for cinema lovers

Mainland Press 26 July 2012

Local Docos at Film Fest

Onfilm 1 July 2012

 

 

VIDEO

 

FILM TRAILER: The Last Ocean

 

NEWS ITEM: The Last Ocean
TVNZ Sunday 29 July 2012

 

NEWS ITEM: Growing calls to protect the Ross Sea
TV3 – 29 July 2012

PODCASTS

 

Peter Young, Film Director
Plains FM 21 August 2012

 

Peter Young on The Last Ocean film by Sean Plunkett
Newstalk ZB 9 August 2012

 

Interview with Peter Young, Director of The Last Ocean
Radio NZ 1 August 2012

 

Stuart Prior on Fishing the Last Ocean
Radio NZ August 2012

 

Call to stop fishing for Toothfish in the Ross Sea
Radio Live 30 July 2012

 

Q&A

 

INTERVIEW: Q&A with Director Peter Young – ‘The Last Ocean’
Flicks 31 July 2012

 

REVIEW: Twelve questions with Peter Young by Sarah Daniell
New Zealand Herald – 26 July 2012

 

General News

 

Climate change winners: Adélie penguin population expands as ice fields recede

University of Minnesota, 4 April 2013

 

The Last Ocean

One Smile Magazine, Issue 11 Autumn 2013

 

FORSE: Putting the Ross Sea situation in perspective

The New Zealand Herald April 2012

 

Call to protect Ross Sea despite toothfish numbers

Radio New Zealand March 2012

 

Ticked off about sustainable fish

Sydney Morning Herald March 2012

 

Three U.S. retailers pledge to avoid fish from embattled Ross Sea

mongabay.com March 2012

 

Tramper on track to promote Ross Sea

Otago Daily Times March 2012

 

US retailer says no to Ross Sea seafood

Greenpeace March 2012

 

Alliance Seeks Vast Marine Reserves in Antarctic

New York Times February 2012

 

Marine Protection in the Ross Sea, Antarctica

Prbo.org February 2012

 

Amazon ‘backs down’ on sale of whale meat

Sydney Morning Herald February 2012

 

Professor: Low toothfish numbers will ‘screw things up’

The New Zealand Herald January 2012

 

Fishing mishaps reignite calls for Ross Sea protection

Science Media Centre January 2012

 

NZ to veto total protection of Ross Sea

Stuff.co.nz October 2011

 

‘Pirates’ in the Ross Sea

Stuff.co.nz October 2011

 

In a Changing Antarctica, Some Penguins Thrive as Others Suffer

NYTimes May 2011

 

‘Eco-Friendly’ Chilean Sea Bas May Not be so Green
ScienceNOW August 2011

 

The Last Ocean: Weller’s Antarctica

Call of the Wild 2011-2012 edition

 

Liquid Courage
American Photo July/August 2011

 

The Last Pristine Ocean: The Ross Sea
Pacific Ecologist Winter 2011

 

The Most Remote Fishery on Earth
Pacific Ecologist Winter 2011

 

 

 

  

Fish out of water: Hypocrisy on the high seas

North & South July 2010

 

 

 

 

End of the line? 
The Press March 2010
 
Last chance for an ocean
Forest & Bird May 2010

 

Can good governance save the Antarctic?

Solutions January 2011

 

Sustainable fish customers ‘duped’ by Marine Stewardship Council

The Guardian January 2011

 

Scientists criticise toothfish certification

One News Television New Zealand January 2011

 

Sustainability of Antarctic toothfish fishery, legitimacy of Marine Stewardship Council called into question

Mongabay January 2011

 

Fishing for data in the Ross Sea

Blight et al. Science 2010

 

Seafood stewardship in crisis

Jacquet et al. Nature 2010

 

Dead fishermen ‘slave labour’

Sunday Star Times December 2010

 

Behind the eco-label, a debate over Antarctic toothfish

Science September 2010

 

Grabbing a bite

Nature September 2010

 

Scientists criticize system of certifying fisheries

The New York Times September 2010

 

In the midst of marine collapse will we save our last ocean?

Mongabay July 2010

 

Plenty more high-priced fish in the sea?  

Dominion Post March 2010

 

Fishing Limit Decisions, Guesswork

Dominion Post  March 2010

 

New Zealand’s Antarctic fishing blamed for orca decline

The New Zealand Herald March 2010

 

Your Chilean sea bass dinner deprives killer whales

Wired.com March 2010

 

Ocean’s eleventh hour  

OnFilmDecember 2009

 

New Zealand intercepts pirate toothfish long-liner “Carmela” in the Ross Sea

MercoPress December 2009

 

Forfeit $20 million to save Ross Sea, New Zealand urged

The New Zealand Herald November 2009

 

Fishy business

Sunday Television New Zealand Current Affairs April 2008