{"id":71763,"date":"2025-06-30T16:17:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T04:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=71763"},"modified":"2025-06-30T16:17:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T04:17:26","slug":"greenpeace-activists-confront-second-ocean-killer-at-sea-as-vessels-turn-off-ais","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/greenpeace-activists-confront-second-ocean-killer-at-sea-as-vessels-turn-off-ais\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace activists confront second \u201cocean killer\u201d at sea, as vessels turn off AIS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For a second time, Greenpeace Aotearoa activists have confronted a bottom trawler off the East Coast, rebranding it an \u201cocean killer\u201d in protest at its destructive fishing activities.<\/p>\n\n<p>Launching from the Greenpeace vessel <em>Rainbow Warrior<\/em>, activists came alongside Sealord\u2019s <em>Ocean Dawn<\/em> while it was bottom trawling in the Chatham Rise area on Monday morning, and painted the message on its hull.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/ff0df680-gp0su60ca-1024x563.jpg\" title=\"Greenpeace Aotearoa activists paint \u201cocean killer\u201d on the hull of Ocean Dawn, a bottom trawling vessel owned by Sealord. Greenpeace is documenting bottom trawlers on the Chatham Rise off the east coast of the South Island as part of a campaign to ban bottom trawling on seamounts and features. <div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Paul Hilton \/ Greenpeace<\/div>Photo: Paul Hilton \/ Greenpeace&#8221; alt=&#8221;Greenpeace Aotearoa activists paint \u201cocean killer\u201d on the hull of Ocean Dawn, a bottom trawling vessel owned by Sealord. Greenpeace is documenting bottom trawlers on the Chatham Rise off the east coast of the South Island as part of a campaign to ban bottom trawling on seamounts and features. <div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Paul Hilton \/ Greenpeace<\/div>Photo: Paul Hilton \/ Greenpeace&#8221; class=&#8221;wp-image-71764&#8243;\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Greenpeace Aotearoa activists paint \u201cocean killer\u201d on the hull of Ocean Dawn, a bottom trawling vessel owned by Sealord. Greenpeace is documenting bottom trawlers on the Chatham Rise off the east coast of the South Island as part of a campaign to ban bottom trawling on seamounts and features. <div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Paul Hilton \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>This comes three days after activists<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/greenpeace-activists-rebrand-nz-bottom-trawler-ocean-killer-at-sea\/\"> confronted Talley\u2019s bottom trawler<\/a>, the <em>Amaltal Atlantis,<\/em> in the same area and painted \u201cOcean Killer\u201d on its hull.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/4d387a6a-gp0su5zlx-1024x643.jpg\" title=\"Greenpeace Aotearoa activists confront the Talley\u2019s bottom trawler Amatal Atlantis on the Chatham Rise, painting \u201cocean killer\u201d on its hull to protest destructive bottom trawling. The Rainbow Warrior is off the coast of Aotearoa campaigning for an end to New Zealand&#039;s destructive bottom trawling in New Zealand waters and the Tasman Sea.\" alt=\"Greenpeace Aotearoa activists confront the Talley\u2019s bottom trawler Amatal Atlantis on the Chatham Rise, painting \u201cocean killer\u201d on its hull to protest destructive bottom trawling. The Rainbow Warrior is off the coast of Aotearoa campaigning for an end to New Zealand's destructive bottom trawling in New Zealand waters and the Tasman Sea.\" class=\"wp-image-71698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/4d387a6a-gp0su5zlx-1024x643.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/4d387a6a-gp0su5zlx-600x377.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/4d387a6a-gp0su5zlx-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/4d387a6a-gp0su5zlx-510x320.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/4d387a6a-gp0su5zlx.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Greenpeace Aotearoa activists confront the Talley\u2019s bottom trawler Amatal Atlantis on the Chatham Rise, painting \u201cocean killer\u201d on its hull to protest destructive bottom trawling.<br><div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Paul Hilton \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p><em>Ocean Dawn<\/em>, owned by Sealord, trawls heavily on the Chatham Rise, an area known as a hotspot for coral life. In 2018, <em>Ocean Dawn<\/em> illegally trawled in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpi.govt.nz\/news\/media-releases\/company-and-fishers-sentenced-for-bottom-trawling-in-a-benthic-protected-area\/\">Benthic Protected Area<\/a> on the Chatham Rise, bringing up 1.3 tonnes of sponges and bycatch. The vessel has also previously received permits to fish in the High Seas of the Tasman.<br><br>Speaking from onboard the <em>Rainbow Warrior,<\/em> Greenpeace Aotearoa spokesperson Juan Parada says:<br><br>\u201cGreenpeace Aotearoa activists have again taken action to stand up for ocean life that we all want to see thrive. Today they have rebranded another bottom trawler at sea, once more calling out bottom trawlers for what they are &#8211; \u201cocean killers\u201d.<br><br>\u201cBottom trawling is indiscriminate and destructive. When the heavy trawl nets are dragged across the seafloor and over seamounts, they turn coral into rubble, and kill fur seals, sharks and seabirds as \u2018bycatch\u2019.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cOut here, we\u2019ve observed these trawlers operating day and night, emptying the oceans on which we all rely.<br><br>\u201cIf you were moved and horrified by the footage in David Attenborough\u2019s <em>Ocean<\/em>, you should know it\u2019s happening right here, right now, by multiple companies including Sealord and Talley\u2019s.<br><br>\u201cIf we want a healthy ocean for the future, bottom trawling must stop in the places it does the most harm.\u201d<br><br>Greenpeace has been documenting trawling off the east coast of the South Island from the <em>Rainbow Warrior<\/em>.&nbsp; Overnight, after multiple bottom trawling vessels stopped submitting their location information, Greenpeace tracked a mystery trawler, which turned out to be <em>Ocean Dawn<\/em>. The captain of one trawl vessel Greenpeace spoke to via radio, reported they had been given a company directive to turn the Automatic Identification System (AIS) off.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The New Zealand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/what-is-bottom-trawling-and-why-is-it-bad-for-the-environment\/\">bottom trawling industry<\/a> operates in the waters of Aotearoa, and in the High Seas of the Tasman, where New Zealand is the only country still operating a fleet.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>Parada says, \u201cThe rest of the world is taking steps to protect international waters, places like the Tasman Sea where marine life is varied and abundant, from deep sea corals to migrating whales and seabirds. Shockingly, New Zealand is actively standing in the way of progress by continuing to advocate for the bottom trawling industry.<br><br>\u201cIt\u2019s time Sealord, the trawling industry, and the government listened to the tens of thousands of New Zealanders who want ocean health valued over industry interests.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cFrom depleted fish numbers to smashed coral, dead sharks and seabirds, the cost of bottom trawling is too high. To protect the ocean for the future and safeguard the ocean we all love, bottom trawling must stop.\u201d<br><br>Last week, Greenpeace documented another trawler, <em>Thomas Harrison<\/em>, also owned by Sealord, in the Cook Strait, photographing the net surrounded by\u00a0 seabirds and seals &#8211; which often end up as bycatch.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The paint used to paint the hull is water based and non-toxic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the period 1990 to 2004 the total area trawled in NZ waters was 465,100 square kilometres &#8211; almost double NZ\u2019s land mass.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<section\n\t\t\tclass=\"boxout post-16026  sticky-bottom-mobile collapse show\"\n\t\t\tid=\"action-card\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action 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