12-06-2005, West Norfolk Ridge, Tasman Sea: Crew on New Zealand bottom trawler Waipori wrestle with a large piece of 400 year old Paragorgia coral hauled up from the deep-sea.

Nelson 30-July-2006: Two Greenpeace activists aboard Belize flagged Chinese bottom trawler Chang Xing in Port of Nelson, New Zealand. The two activists along with one other attached to the mooring line stopped the vessel from leaving port.

Greenpeace encounter Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean and attempt to disrupt the whaling operation.

Greenpeace encounter Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean and attempt to disrupt the whaling operation. Greenpeace was using every available means to bring the 2005 hunt to an early end and make it the last time the Sanctuary was breached...

Greenpeace encounter Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean and attempt to disrupt the whaling operation. Greenpeace was using every available means to bring the hunt to an early end and make it the last time the Sanctuary is breached by...

On Mission Bay beach in Auckland, NZ Greenpeace supporters take symbolic action against Japan's whaling in the Southern Ocean.

Nelson, 30-Jul-06: Greenpeace activist Tia Taurere attached to the mooring line of Belize-flagged Chinese high seas bottom trawler in the Port of Nelson.

A Yellowfin tuna lies on the ground in Honiara's market. The feet of a local child are seen alongside.

A Vietnamese crew member releases a shark back into the ocean which was caught on the end of a bait line of a Korean long-liner, the 'Shin Yung 51'. Whilst fishing for tuna, sharks, turtles, dolphins and albatrosses can often end up as...