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Greenpeace activists sink granite rocks from the "Beluga II". The activists use the boulders to protect the marine reserve Adlergrund from destruction by the bottom trawls of industrial fishermen. Fishermen plough through the seabed quite legally even in explicitly protected areas, thus destroying the ecosystem. Greenpeace Aktivistinnen versenken Granitgestein von Bord der „Beluga II“. Mit den Felsbrocken schützen die Aktivistinnen das Meeresschutzgebiet Adlergrund vor der Zerstörung durch die Grundschleppnetze der Industriefischer. Fischer durchpflügen den Meeresboden sogar in ausdrücklich geschützten Gebieten ganz legal und zerstören so das Ökosystem.

MMO accused of breach of trust over boulder dumping decision

The NFFO has slammed the Marine Management Organisation, accusing it of chickening out, after already having effectively won its legal case against Greenpeace for dumping boulders on fishing grounds. ‘The…

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Read more about the article VisNed files complaint against Greenpeace
A complaint has been filed against the Amsterdam-registered Greenpeace vessel Esperanza for activities contravening the OSPAR Convention. Image: Suzanne Plunkett/ Greenpeace

VisNed files complaint against Greenpeace

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Dutch fishermen’s association VisNed has filed a formal complaint against Greenpeace following its latest stunt in dropping boulders on Dogger Bank fishing grounds. VisNed states that contrary to Greenpeace’s claims,…

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Greenpeace activists offending against the Merchant Shipping Act. Image: Greenpeace

The same old tricks

Greenpeace is back to its old tricks once again. A few years ago they tried dropping boulders in the German Bight, and earlier this year they pulled the same stunt…

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Greenpeace appears to be attempting to engineer a conflict with the fishing industry by dropping boulders on Baltic fishing grounds. Image: Greenpeace

Illegal Greenpeace activity merits police involvement

As Greenpeace activists pull yet another carefully-timed publicity stunt by dropping rocks in the Baltic near the island of Rügen, supposedly to disrupt trawlers, sitting Member of the German Parliament…

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