The Russian trawler Patrakeevka and Greenpeace activists on an inflatable holding a banner that reads: 'Bondevik: Stop Overfishing!' in Norwegian (Kjell Magne Bondevik ist the Norwegian Prime Minister), Barents Sea. The cod stocks in the Barents sea are disappearing. Greenpeace want the Norwegian government to establish permanent no-trawl zones to protect the cod stocks. In spring 2003 the Esperanza is patrolling in the Barents Sea north of Norway to investigate and confront large fishing trawlers in this rich but sensitive ocean. The captain of the Russian trawler invites Greenpeace campaigner Frode Pleym on board and accepts a Greenpeace letter concerning trawler free zones in the Barents Sea.