Greenpeace activist hold a banner reading "NAFO Wake up!" at the stern of the 64 meter Icelandic shirmp trawler the Petur Jonsson, in international waters of the Northwest Atlantic. The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) is responsible for managing the deep sea fisheries in this area. Iceland a member of NAFO has opted out of the management scheme for shrimp in this area setting its own quota. Four of the six straddling stocks under NAFOs care are under moratoria.
Greenpeace is documenting and protesting the bottom trawling industry in international waters of the NW Atlantic because it is an unsustainable fishing technique that has destructive impacts on the marine ecosystems and poses serious threats to the long term survival of deep sea fish species. Greenpeace is calling for a UN moratorium on highseas bottom trawling.