Oceans Protests at Portuguese Supermarket

A police officer receives a leaflet from a Greenpeace activist holding a sign that reads in Portuguese "Pingo Doce depletes the oceans". Greenpeace is carrying out an action outside the entrance of Pingo Doce supermarket to raise awareness on the fact that the Portuguese supermarket is not improving its offer of sustainable fish.

Unique identifier: GP022MA

Type: Image

Shoot date: 26/05/2010

Locations: Europe, Lisbon, Portugal

Credit line: © Miguel Manso / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Fisheries Protest at Portuguese Supermarket

Greenpeace activists block the entrance of Pingo Doce supermarket at Cais do Sodré, one of the busiest train stations in Lisbon. They hand out leaflets to consumers to raise awareness on sustainable fishing and on the crises faced by our oceans. Pingo Doce claims to support and preserve the oceans, but ignores the thousands of requests from the Portuguese people to improve its offer of sustainable fish. Scientists have shown that 90% of the ocean’s large fish – such as cod, tuna and swordfish - have already been fished out.

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