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Greenpeace activists aboard Rainbow Warrior disrupt Pacific industrial fishing operation

June 12, 2025

By Emma Page Greenpeace activists on board the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior disrupted an industrial longlining fishing operation in the South Pacific, seizing almost 20 km of fishing gear and freeing nine sharks — including an endangered mako — near Australia and New Zealand. Crew retrieved the entire longline and more than 210 baited hooks ... <a title="Greenpeace activists aboard Rainbow Warrior disrupt Pacific industrial fishing operation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/greenpeace-activists-aboard-rainbow-warrior-disrupt-pacific-industrial-fishing-operation/" aria-label="Read more about Greenpeace activists aboard Rainbow Warrior disrupt Pacific industrial fishing operation">Read more</a>