Greenpeace activists deliver message to Talley’s bottom trawling ship

Date: August 12, 2021

Source: Greenpeace

Author: Ellie Hooper

Greenpeace activists highlighted the critical need to ban bottom trawling on seamounts, confronting Talley’s ship the Amaltal Explorer at sea.

A small team of activists deployed banners from an inflatable boat in the port of Dunedin calling for an end to bottom trawling on seamounts.

Activists deliver message to Talley’s in Dunedin

New Zealanders are sick of seeing ocean ruin at the hands of the commercial fishing industry. We’re here today to remind Talley’s that their social license for this practice is gone, just like the ancient coral forests they destroy with their nets. 

Jessica Desmond, Greenpeace Aotearoa

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