Atlantic Ocean Gift Certificate
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![Photographed from below, fish and a hammerhead shark are silhouetted against the sunlit surface of the sea in the Galapagos Islands](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/heidi-bruce-xB8vPvpV4n0-unsplash-384x217.jpg)
UK ratification of the Global Ocean Treaty: briefing for policymakers
To demonstrate its commitment to global ocean protection, the government must ratify the Global Ocean Treaty into UK law before the general election. It must also develop proposals for ocean sanctuaries in the high seas, starting with the Sargasso Sea.
![Gulls swarm around a giant fishing net as it's pulled out of the water, weighed down with an enormous catch.](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GP1SUGIW_PressMedia-384x217.jpg)
All at sea: how government inaction makes a mockery of UK marine protection
Greenpeace research shows that over 90% of UK MPAs are protected in name alone, with no meaningful, site-wide regulation on the most destructive fishing activity.
![A shark is pulled out of the water and onto the deck of a ship, using long bamboo poles with hooks on the ends](https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/GP02IA1_Medium_res-384x217.jpg)
Hooked on sharks
The EU fishing fleets fuelling the global shark trade