Occupation of Fishing Vessel Anuva

Activists with a burning flare and 'Stop Deep Sea Plunder' banner from the Greenpeace vessel MV Esperanza onboard the Lithuanian registered fishing vessel ANUVA protesting against deep sea bottom trawling, Hatton Bank, North Atlantic Ocean. Bottom-trawling boats, the majority from EU countries, drag fishing gear weighing several tonnes across the seabed, destroying marine wildlife and devastating life on underwater mountains - or 'seamounts'. Greenpeace is demanding a UN moratorium on bottom trawling on the high seas.