Albacore tuna caught in driftnet, north Pacific.

Photo | March 1, 2011

Albacore tuna wrapped and helpless in a monofilament driftnet in the North Pacific, August 1990. Enough net was set each night during the season to encircle the earth several times! Greenpeace campaigned for an end to driftnet fishing, which was agreed by the United Nations and later the European Union – though the deadly nets are still used by illegal fishing vessels.

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