Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Bluefin-Tuna-Action-in-the-Mediterranean-27MZIFIXAA11.htmlConceptually similarBluefin Tuna Action in the MediterraneanGP022WCCompleted★★★★Bluefin Tuna Action in the MediterraneanGP022WWCompleted★★★★Bluefin Tuna Action in the MediterraneanGP027HRCompleted★★★★Bluefin Tuna Action in the MediterraneanGP022WVCompleted★★★★Bluefin Tuna Action in the MediterraneanGP027HQCompleted★★★★Bluefin Tuna Action in the MediterraneanGP027IACompleted★★★★Bluefin Tuna Action in the MediterraneanGP022WDCompleted★★★★★★Bluefin Tuna Action in the MediterraneanGP022VGCompleted★★★★★★★Bluefin Tuna Action in the MediterraneanGP022VHCompleted★★★★View AllGP022VIBluefin Tuna Action in the MediterraneanA French fisherman swings a Gaff hook at Greenpeace activists during a peaceful direct action to stop bluefin tuna fishing in the Mediterranean. Activists from the Greenpeace ships Rainbow Warrior and the Arctic Sunrise launched high speed inflatable boats in an attempt to submerge one side of a purse seine fishing net to free the trapped tuna. As the action started on the French vessel, Jean Marie Christian 6, the other tuna vessels rushed in to stop the peaceful activists, injuring one Greenpeace activist and sinking one Greenpeace inflatable boat.Locations:Mediterranean SeaDate:4 Jun, 2010Credit:© Paul Hilton / GreenpeaceMaximum size:2376px X 1547pxKeywords:Actions and protests-Aerial view-Banners-Bluefin tunas-Commercial fishing-Confrontation-Day-Fishing (activity)-Fishing (Industry)-Fishing ships-Greenpeace activists-Greenpeace crew-Greenpeace inflatables-Hostility-KWCI (GPI)-Marine Reserves (campaign title)-Oceans (campaign title)-Outdoors-Overfishing-Seas-Seine fishing-Transport cages (fishing equipment)-Violence-WaterShoot:Bluefin Tuna Tour in the Mediterranean SeaThe Greenpeace ships MY Rainbow Warrior and MY Arctic Sunrise are is in the Mediterranean sea to highlight the destruction of tuna stocks, to call for an end to bluefin tuna fishing and for spawning grounds to become protected areas.Greenpeace is campaigning for a network of Marine Reserves throughout the Mediterranean.Related Collections:Bluefin Tuna Tour in the Mediterranean 2010 (Photo & Videos)
