12 September 2006
Picture of the day
We passed a legal Japanese longliner fishing for endangered yellowfin and bigeye tuna. The ship had been at sea for almost two weeks and had already caught 156 bigeye and 30 yellowfin. Each fish is estimated to be worth 200-300USD on the Japanese fish market.
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Am interested in joining next ship to Antarctica to protest Japanese whaling. I speak fluent Japanese & would be happy to shout protests @ Japanese in their own language.
Pls. let me know of availability & conditions of joining
Gerowyn
Reply:
There is always a lot of competition to get on board Greenpeace ships. The expeditions to end whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary are among the most demanding and most sought after jobs we have.
If you have maritime skills, there are a number of positions open:
But there are plenty of ways anyone can help out:
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/getinvolved
It would be great to get you involved.
-- Andrew
Greenpeace web editor
Posted by: Gerowyn Hanson at September 15, 2006 10:22 AM
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