Pirate Fishing Action in Rome

Fish eye view of activists in fountain, activists holding models of ship, banner in background "Pirate fishing is killing our seas". As governments begin final negotiations on an international plan to stop pirate fishing, Greenpeace activists protested at the Trevi Fountain to highlight the destruction caused by these renegade fishing fleets. The activists entered the fountain with four model fishing vessels bearing the four main flags of convenience (Belize, Honduras, Panama, St Vincent and the Grenadines) bought by pirate fishing companies to avoid fisheries regulations. Below the Trevi fountain’s statue of Neptune, the activists displayed a banner saying: “Pirate fishing kills ocean life.”