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Dead tuna heads for deadbeat tuna managers

The pirate fishing vessel, Luna Rossa, cut off its illegal driftnet and fled from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise. Enlarge Image

Mediterranean pirates busted by Greenpeace

Activists aboard our ship Arctic Sunrise confronted an illegal vessel, the Luna Rossa, fishing with a driftnet this morning in international waters west of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea. The Luna Rossa’s crew immediately cut the net and fled from our ship at high speed.

Cod in a fish market. Cod is seriously overfished in many parts of the world. Enlarge Image

In the Red - fish that are best left in the ocean

Far too often, we're left without answers when we're trying to find out if seafood on our supermarket shelves is sustainable -until recently it's been almost impossible to know. Now we are providing an international red list of fish that both consumers and retailers should avoid.

The Arctic Sunrise being pursued by Turkish purse seiner fishing vessels. Crew aboard threw lead weights, rammed the Greenpeace vessel midships, and smashed the windshield of the helicopter. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace vessel attacked

Three Turkish tuna fishing vessels surrounded the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise in the Cypriot Channel, with crew from one vessel attacking the ship with lead weights. Greenpeace is in the area to call for an end to unsustainable fishing and to call for the establishment of a marine reserve between Cyprus and Turkey.

Around the world, most cod stocks are depleted by overfishing. One of these stocks is the North Sea cod. Enlarge Image

Result! Swedish food chains stop selling unsustainable seafood

Almost all food chains have decided to stop selling seafood from unsustainable sources. This major market development is revealed in Greenpeace’s new league table ranking of the Swedish food chains. Since our last ranking in March there have been many changes - BergendahlsGruppen and Axfood now share first place, closely followed by ICA. Next come Vi and Lidl.

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