Video (2min 21sec): Greenpeace Vessel Attacked. Cypriot Channel, Turkey — Three Turkish tuna fishing vessels surrounded the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise in the Cypriot Channel this morning, with crew from one vessel attacking the ship with lead weights.
Greenpeace is in the area to call for an end to unsustainable fishing and to call for the establishment of a marine reserve between Cyprus and Turkey.
"We understand that these guys are angry. And we're angry too. But the real problem here has been caused by the refusal of governments to regulate an industry that's fishing itself to death."
"We've been here in the Cypriot Channel for several days now. This is one of the breeding grounds of blue fin tuna in the Mediterranean Sea and Greenpeace is calling for this area to be protected as a high seas marine reserve."
