Greenpeace is documenting illegal and destructive fishing methodologies in the Gulf of Thailand as part of its Oceans Defender tour. Bottom trawl fishing uses weighted nets that are dragged on the bottom of the seafloor and can destroy whole habitats. When used with very small net mesh sizes they also catch everything in their path including non targeted species and juvenile marine life.

The MY Esperanza is in Thailand for the second leg of the “Ocean Defender Tour of Southeast Asia.” The Greenpeace ship is in the region to celebrate Southeast Asia’s rich marine biodiversity. Greenpeace is bearing witness to the state of the oceans, which are among the richest in biodiversity—but also among the most threatened.