Your browser does not support this video. Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Shark-and-Turtle-Bycatch-on-Longliner-27MZIF25XI85.htmlConceptually similarTuna and Bycatch on Japanese LonglinerGP03IU2Completed★★★★Fishing Tuna on LonglinerGP03IGICompleted★★★★Fish Transshipment GP03IGSCompleted★★★★Inspecting Taiwanese Longliner Nian Sheug GP03IJFCompleted★★★★Sharks Fins Warehouse in PohnpeiGP03IQZCompleted★★★★Tuna Cans in a Supermarket in Pohnpei GP03IU3Completed★★★★Tuna Caught on Belizean LonglinerGP04S15Completed★★★★Longliner, KM LESTARI 816GP03IKXCompleted★★★★Shark Finning Macro :19GP0STPD7VCompleted★★★★View AllGP03IQPShark and Turtle Bycatch on LonglinerFishermen on board the Korean longliner, the 'Shin Yung 51' haul a turtle and a shark with their longlines. Sharks, turtles, dolphins and albatrosses can often end up as unfortunate by-catch of longline fishing. Greenpeace are on the Pacific Leg of the 'Defending Our Oceans' global expedition. The location is within the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic of Kiribati. Yellow Fin and Big Eye tuna stocks in the Central and Western Pacific are now drastically low due to pirate fishing and the over fishing of stocks by foreign, industrial nations. Local fishermen struggle to compete in these waters as sophisticated fishing equipment puts them out of business. Greenpeace are calling for an immediate end to pirate fishing, a 50% reduction in the amount of Pacific tuna caught, and a global network of Marine Reserves to tackle the problem of over fishing.Greenpeace are on the Pacific Leg of the 'Defending Our Oceans' global expedition. They are calling for an immediate end to pirate fishing, a 50% reduction in the amount of Pacific tuna caught, and a global network of Marine Reserves. Yellow Fin and Big Eye tuna stocks in the Central and Western Pacific are destined to be critically over-fished within three years if the relentless fishing of the two Tuna species continues at current rates.Locations:Kiribati-Pacific OceanDate:10 Oct, 2006Credit:© GreenpeaceDuration:1m21sAudio format:NaturalProduction Type :B-ROLLKeywords:Bycatch-Fishers-Fishing (activity)-Fishing (Industry)-Fishing nets-Fishing vessels-KWCI (GPI)-Longline fishing-Night-Oceans (campaign title)-Shark fins-Sharks-Sunrises-TurtlesShoot:Defending Our Oceans Tour in the PacificThe Greenpeace vessel 'MY Esperanza' sets sail from the port of Cebu, Republic of the Philippines on for the Pacific Leg of the Greenpeace 'Defending Our Oceans' global expedition. Yellow Fin and Big Eye tuna stocks in the Central and Western Pacific are destined to be critically over-fished.Related Collections:Defending Our Oceans Tour in the Pacific (Photo + Video)