Russian factory trawler fishing for cod in the Barents Sea. Similar factory trawlers systematically emptied the Canadian Grand Banks of cod. Stocks have not recovered since all cod fishing was banned on the Canadian Grand Banks in 1992.

Greenpeace activists take action against a Swedish cod trawler, the Glomfjord. The vessel continued trawling in the proposed marine reserves despite Greenpeace's appeal to voluntarily refrain from fishing in the area. Greenpeace is calling for...

A catch of orange roughy and some bycatch species in the net hauled by the Belize-registered deep sea trawler 'Chang Xing' in international waters in the Tasman Sea. Greenpeace along with more than a thousand scientists are supporting the call...

Greenpeace activists get in the way of the Estonian bottom trawler, Lootus II in the foggy NW Atlantic. Greenpeace is calling on governments to endorse a UN moratorium on high seas bottom trawling because it is an unsustainable fishing technique...

This piece of gorgonian coral, bigger than the two men attempting to untangle it from their fishing nets, was more than 500 years old.

Spanish factory trawler fishing in international waters of the Grand Banks. Factory trawlers systematically emptied the Grand Banks of cod. Stocks have not recovered since all cod fishing was banned on the Canadian part of the Grand Banks in 1992...

A team from the Greenpeace ship MV Esperanza documents catch being landed on board a Spanish flagged bottom-trawler, the Ivan Nores, in the Hatton Bank area of the North Atlantic, 410 miles north-west of Ireland. Bottom-trawling boats, the...

The NZ deep sea trawler West Bay does a fast turn after hauling its catch from international waters in the Tasman Sea. Greenpeace along with more than a thousand scientists are supporting the call for a moratorium on high seas bottom trawling,...

Common dolphins seen from Greenpeace ship MV 'Esperanza' in Salcombe Bay.