The great Mediterranean tuna massacre

While Arctic Sunrise was out in the North Sea protesting against the over-fishing of cod, the Rainbow Warrior's been in the Mediterranean keeping an eye on the bluefin tuna situation. Tuna 'ranching', where wild bluefin are caught in sea-pens and fattened for sale is one of the Med's most profitable industries - growing explosively since the late 1990s in response to increasing demand for Japanese-style sushi. This in turn has provoked a 'gold rush', with legal quotas being totally ignored as pirate fishing boats seek to hoover up every last bluefin in the Sea.