Dolphin Bycatch Tour in English Channel

Haul of sea bass on French pair trawlers, Le Baron and Magellan, fishing in the English channel. Greenpeace is currently in the English channel protesting against pelagic pair trawling due to the high numbers of dolphin deaths associated with it.

Unique identifier: GP049NM

Type: Image

Shoot date: 14/03/2005

Locations: England, English Channel, Europe, Great Britain, United Kingdom

Credit line: © Kate Davison / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Dolphin Bycatch Tour in the UK

Greenpeace's flagship the Esperanza departs from Falmouth on the 17 February 2005 to campaign for a total ban on pair trawling for sea bass in the English Channel. The pair trawlers drag huge nets between them, which regularly also snares common dolphins who drown, often breaking their fins, beaks or backbones in their struggle to escape. During the tour the Greenpeace onboard team gather evidence of the impacts of pair trawling and take direct action to stop pair trawlers from operating. The Greenpeace crew also collect dead dolphins from the sea for later delivery to the Institute of Zoology for full post mortem.

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