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Asian ethnicities
Day
Fishers
Fishing (Industry)
Fishing ships
KWCI (GPI)
Men
Oceans (campaign title)
Outdoors
Pirate fishing
Small group of people
Trawlers
Crew on Rusting Fishing Vessel - Defending Our Oceans Tour (West Africa: 2006)
Longway 8, a Chinese stern trawler operating without authorization to fish in Guinean waters. The rusting Chinese fishing vessel appears unusable but is still in use. This is the hidden story behind pirate fishing, the conditions of near slavery imposed by ruthless fishing companies in the rush for quick money. Greenpeace and the Environmental Justice Foundation are working in partnership to expose the scandal of pirate fishing, as part of the year long Greenpeace Defending Our Oceans expedition to highlight a range of threats to the oceans.
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Defending Our Oceans Tour in West Africa
Pirate fishing is happening right now in every ocean. Greenpeace and the Environmental Justice Foundation have been patrolling the waters off Guinea, one of the poorest countries in Africa, to document fishing activities. Illegal activity can be linked to fish imports in Las Palmas, a number of licensed boats and leads also to the forgotten men inhabiting the "zombie" vessels off the coast of West Africa. Over one hundred vessels were observed during this investigation and nearly half are engaged in, or linked to illegal fishing activities. The UK Department for International Development estimates this cash and food starved nation is losing US$100 million each year in stolen fish.
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Unique identifier:
GP017E8
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
24/03/2006
Locations:
North Atlantic Ocean
Credit line:
© Greenpeace / Pierre Gleizes
Size:
2509px × 1673px 1.56 MB
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)