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Images: Angry Fishers Attack Nelson Protest

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http://www.greenpeace.org.nz/photos/31May04/


The Motueka Choir are 'caught' beneath a large fishing net that Greenpeace hung over the Orange Roughy Management Company headquarters in Nelson today. Greenpeace had been conducting a peaceful protest about the destruction wrecked on deep sea life by bottom trawl nets which crush ancient coral forests while catching orange roughy. (C) GREENPEACE / Peter Kemp


Angry fishing workers tear down fishing nets during a Greenpeace protest at the Orange Roughy Management Company headquarters in Nelson today. Greenpeace had been conducting a peaceful protest about the destruction wrecked on deep sea life by bottom trawl nets which crush ancient coral forests while catching orange roughy. (C) GREENPEACE / Peter Kemp


Angry fishing workers tear down fishing nets during a Greenpeace protest at the Orange Roughy Management Company headquarters in Nelson today. Greenpeace had been conducting a peaceful protest about the destruction wrecked on deep sea life by bottom trawl nets which crush ancient coral forests while catching orange roughy. (C) GREENPEACE / Peter Kemp

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Fishing industry workers assault Greenpeace protesters at the Orange Roughy Management Company in Nelson today. Greenpeace had been conducting a peaceful protest about the destruction wrecked on deep sea life by bottom trawl nets which crush ancient coral forests while catching orange roughy. (C) GREENPEACE / Peter Kemp

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