Lian Run 24 and Lian Run 29 - Defending Our Oceans Tour (West Africa: 2006)

200 miles South West Guinea Bissau.
Chinese fishing boats Lian Run 24 and Lian Run 29 illegally transshipping frozen fish boxes onto Binar 4 Panama reefer.
Greenpeace and the Environmental Justice Foundation are working in partnership to expose the scandal of pirate fishing, as part of the year long Greenpeace Defending Our Oceans expedition to highlight a range of threats to the oceans.

Unique identifier: GP041U

Type: Image

Shoot date: 06/04/2006

Locations: North Atlantic Ocean

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Pierre Gleizes

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Defending Our Oceans Tour in West Africa

Pirate fishing is happening right now in every ocean. Greenpeace and the Environmental Justice Foundation have been patrolling the waters off Guinea, one of the poorest countries in Africa, to document fishing activities. Illegal activity can be linked to fish imports in Las Palmas, a number of licensed boats and leads also to the forgotten men inhabiting the "zombie" vessels off the coast of West Africa. Over one hundred vessels were observed during this investigation and nearly half are engaged in, or linked to illegal fishing activities. The UK Department for International Development estimates this cash and food starved nation is losing US$100 million each year in stolen fish.

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