The Canary Islands, Spain: – Greenpeace activists have boarded the illegal reefer Binar 4 as it entered the port of Las Palmas.
Greenpeace and the Environmental Justice Foundation have been following the Binar 4 for the last six days from West Africa to Europe. They’ll continue to police the vessel until Spanish authorities confiscate its illegal cargo. While the ship was waiting to enter port it was branded a pirate with the slogan Stolen Fish painted five times across both sides of the hull.
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Writer, photographer, environmental campaigner and "known troublemaker" Dave Walsh is the founder of Blather.net, described both as "possibly the most arrogant and depraved website to be found either side of the majestic Shannon River", and "the nicest website circulating in Ireland". Half Irishman, half-bicycle. He lives in southern Irish city of Barcelona.