Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Boarding-of-Bottom-Trawler-Playa-de-Menduina-27MZIF2QP5K.htmlConceptually similarBoarding of Bottom Trawler Playa de MenduinaGP0CSKCompleted★★★★Boarding of Bottom Trawler Playa de MenduinaGP0OBMCompleted★★★★Boarding of Bottom Trawler Playa de MenduinaGP01FHCompleted★★★★Boarding of Bottom Trawler Playa de MenduinaGP0PBBCompleted★★★★Boarding of Bottom Trawler Playa de MenduinaGP0DABCompleted★★★★Spider Crab caught as BycatchGP0T9UCompleted★★★★★★★Orange Roughy caught as BycatchGP01B2OCompleted★★★★Boarding of Bottom Trawler Playa de MenduinaGP0AOGCompleted★★★★Boarding of Bottom Trawler Playa de MenduinaGP022MCompleted★★★★View AllGP03ZOBoarding of Bottom Trawler Playa de MenduinaGreenpeace activists with protest banners on board the EU deep-sea bottom trawler Playa de Menduina, fishing in the North Atlantic. Activists protest against the destruction caused by this controversial fishing practice. Bottom-trawling boats, the majority from EU countries, drag fishing gear weighing several tonnes across the sea bed, destroying marine wildlife and devastating life on underwater mountains - or 'seamounts'. Greenpeace is demanding a UN moratorium on bottom trawling on the high seas.Locations:Atlantic Ocean-Hatton Bank-North Atlantic OceanDate:1 Oct, 2004Credit:© Greenpeace / Kate DavisonMaximum size:4064px X 2704pxKeywords:Actions and protests-Banners-Boarding actions-Bottom trawlers-Bottom Trawling-Day-Fishing (Industry)-Greenpeace activists-KWCI (GPI)-Oceans (campaign title)-Outdoors-Two peopleShoot:Atlantic Sea Mounts and Bottom Trawling TourGreenpeace ship Esperanza tours Atlantic waters searching for and intercepting bottom trawling fishing vessels during a campaign to highlight the destruction caused by this controversial form of fishing.Related Collections:Atlantic Sea Mounts and Bottom Trawling Tour (Photo & Videos)
