From ocean to market: documenting the death of fish

The Greenpeace ship Esperanza recently toured South Korea to highlight the problems of overfishing and raise awareness of the South Korean government's plans to resume whaling for what it calls 'scientific research.' After Korea the ship headed to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Palau in The Pacific. Here we chart the death - rather than the life - of a fish, from ocean to market, to tuna can.

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