Activists board the Taiwanese longliner Nian Sheug and discover 12 sacks of shark fins and tails on board. One million sharks are killed in the Central and Western Pacific annually and 50 million globally each year. Greenpeace is in the Pacific Ocean to defend the pockets of international waters between Pacific Island countries, the Pacific Commons - as marine reserves from greedy fishing fleets intent on fishing out the world's last tuna stocks - the world's favorite fish. Greenpeace advocates the creation of a network of marine reserves, protecting 40 per cent of the world's oceans, as the long term solution to overfishing and the recovery of our overexploited oceans.
A report was released that estimates that on top of the known fish catch, at least another 34% is stolen by pirates in the Western and Central Pacific.