What began as a respected challenge against illegal fishing, human rights abuses of crews and a general ideology in protecting the world's oceans has become an apparent direct assault on the commercial fishing industry in a bid to halt any and all developments.
In Europe for example, no matter how severe the quota reductions passed every December by the European Union's (EU) Council of Ministers, Greenpeace will release statements describing it as a "cop out" by ministers and that the EU are guilty of continuing to encourage plundering of stocks.
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