Greenpeace has been on board the research ship ‘Victor Hensen’ in the English Channel, monitoring the wasteful and destructive fishing practices employed by European fishing fleets which can discard up to 600 tonnes of unwanted fish in a single trip.
The discard can be carried out for various reasons: high grading, the small size of the fish, fish that the vessel has no quota for and other non marketable marine life bycatch.
Greenpeace is campaigning to end overfishing, to stop destructive monster boats and to promote low-impact fishing methods.