Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Bluefin-Tuna-Action-in-the-Mediterranean-27MZIFIXFJO5.htmlConceptually similarBluefin Tuna Action in the MediterraneanGP022W8Completed★★★★★★★Bluefin Tuna Action in the MediterraneanGP022W9Completed★★★★★★★Bluefin Tuna Action in the MediterraneanGP022VGCompleted★★★★★★★Bluefin Tuna Action in the MediterraneanGP022VHCompleted★★★★Bluefin Tuna Action in the MediterraneanGP022VICompleted★★★★Bluefin Tuna Action in the MediterraneanGP022WCCompleted★★★★Bluefin Tuna Action in the MediterraneanGP022WACompleted★★★★Bluefin Tuna Action in the MediterraneanGP022WBCompleted★★★★★★Bluefin Tuna Action in the MediterraneanGP027HQCompleted★★★★View AllGP022WDBluefin Tuna Action in the MediterraneanA French purse seiner, Jean Marie Christian 7, rams a Greenpeace inflatable during a direct action. Activists from the Greenpeace ships Rainbow Warrior and the Arctic Sunrise launched high speed inflatable boats in an attempt to submerge one side of a purse seine fishing net to free the trapped bluefin tuna. As the action started on another French vessel, Jean Marie Christian 6, other tuna vessels rushed in to stop the peaceful activists. One Greenpeace activist was injured when the spike of a grappling hook was shot through his leg. Two of the seven Greenpeace inflatable boats were slashed with knives and sank when run over by purse seining vessels.Locations:Mediterranean SeaDate:4 Jun, 2010Credit:© Paul Hilton / GreenpeaceMaximum size:3000px X 1937pxKeywords:Actions and protests-Aerial view-Bluefin tunas-Commercial fishing-Confrontation-Day-Fishing (activity)-Fishing (Industry)-Fishing vessels-Greenpeace activists-Greenpeace crew-Greenpeace inflatables-Hostility-KWCI (GPI)-Marine Reserves (campaign title)-Oceans (campaign title)-Outdoors-Overfishing-Seas-Seine fishing-Transport cages (fishing equipment)-Violence-WaterShoot:Bluefin Tuna Tour in the Mediterranean SeaThe Greenpeace ships MY Rainbow Warrior and MY Arctic Sunrise are is in the Mediterranean sea to highlight the destruction of tuna stocks, to call for an end to bluefin tuna fishing and for spawning grounds to become protected areas.Greenpeace is campaigning for a network of Marine Reserves throughout the Mediterranean.Related Collections:Bluefin Tuna Tour in the Mediterranean 2010 (Photo & Videos)
