Activists on board the Binar 4! (updated, with photos)

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12 April 2006

by Dave, onboard the Esperanza

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Update from the Esperanza: As the Binar 4 entered the port of Las Palmas, with "Stolen Fish" painted on its sides, four of our activists climbed on board, as a peaceful protest. So far, the authorities in Las Palmas are refusing to authorize the Binar 4 from offloading. Our activists are keeping an eye on things until Spain makes a move to confiscate this illegally caught fish.

When the reefer waiting to enter the port, the activists also branded it with the slogan "Stolen Fish" - painted five times across both sides of the hull. As already mentioned in the blog, we've been following this ship for six days - since we caught it illegally transshipping just outside Guinean waters, with trawlers that had been fishing in Guinean waters. More »

The Guinean government has confirmed that all of these fish has been taken illegally taken from the waters of one of the poorest regions of the world. We're going to make sure that the authorities in Las Palmas confiscate the Binar 4's cargo. The Binar 4's captain had originally told us that he had 10,000 boxes of fish on board. Today we heard him tell Port Control - on radio - that he had 11,000 boxes. The fish are all from Guinean waters, one of the poorest places on the planet, and the only place in the world where fish consumption is actually falling.

Anyway, it's good to see both Guinea and Spain taking action - hopefully this is a step forward in the fight against pirate fishing.

- Dave

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Comments

Hourra !!
C'est déjà une victoire, mais c'est décevant quand même de penser que le mal est déjà fait (que le poisson a déjà été péché).

J'ai presque tombé en bas de ma chaise tout à l'heure quand j'ai vue que vous avez marqué le bateau de "Stolen fish" à la grandeur. J'ai bien aimé le concept ;)

Je suis avec avec vous du mieux que je le peux.

Beau travail et merci du fond du coeur pour ce que vous faîtes. Vous êtes mes héros !

Posted by: Serge Gagnon at April 12, 2006 8:34 PM

Hooray Espy team! Let's make this a good story for Easter...

Posted by: Satu at April 12, 2006 10:14 PM

Hello Dave

Love the art work - improves things a tad!

What do the authorities do with the stolen fish?

Joan

Posted by: Joan at April 13, 2006 11:56 AM

Hi Joan. The fish hasn't been confiscated by the authorities... yet. We want them to return the fish to Guinea.

Posted by: Dave - Webbie on the Esperanza at April 13, 2006 12:08 PM

Joan asked my question - it would seem to be appropriate that the 10,000 boxes of confiscated fish be returned to Guinea.
Unfortunately justice doesn't always mean fair results.

Posted by: echo at April 13, 2006 2:43 PM

Hi Dave

Excuse my ignorance but will this catch still be edible if it gets returned to Guinea? If not what happens then?

Joan

Posted by: Joan at April 13, 2006 2:52 PM

I'm sure it will be - frozen fish has a pretty long shelf life. Who knows how long it's already been on board!

Posted by: Dave - Webbie on the Esperanza at April 13, 2006 3:15 PM

Congratulations to the team.
I've been checking out the spanish papers.
Greenpeace made headlines in all the Canary Island papers and most of the independant southern papers except there was no mention in the northern regions. I wonder why?

Posted by: Melinda at April 13, 2006 4:55 PM

Excellent Paint Job. Nice work you guys.

Posted by: Lisa at April 15, 2006 6:07 AM

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