Dr Iris Menn and fisherman - Bottom Trawler Tour 2005

Dr Iris Menn of the German Greenpeace office with Captain of the Sunna, a shrimping boat. Greenpeace has been documenting and protesting the high seas bottom trawl fleets in the NW Atlantic. Greenpeace is calling on governments to put in place a UN moratorium on high seas bottom trawling because it is an unsustainable fishing technique that has destructive impacts on the marine ecosystems and poses serious threats to deep sea fish species.