Fishing boats blockade Marseilles port to halt Greenpeace

The Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior II was heading for a confrontation with French fishing boats outside the port of Marseilles last night as part of a campaign to draw attention to the collapse of tuna stocks in the Mediterranean.

Thirty tuna boats were blockading the entrance to the Marseilles ferry harbour, determined to prevent the Greenpeace ship from dropping anchor anywhere near the French port.