Greenpeace

Kia Ora friends,

The Esperanza set sail from King Cove this afternoon, after spending an engaging couple of days and a night in what I can best describe as a place of stark contrasts.   Once again, we sailed into a place of wondrous natural beauty as we've encountered in other stops along our journey, only to drop anchor in front of a sprawling fish factory complex.   Peter Pan Seafoods harvests, processes, and markets fish and shellfish pulled from Alaska's waters. It cans and freezes cod, crab, halibut, salmon, pollock, and manufactures surimi for the US retail and foodservice industries.   Peter Pan products also find their way to global markets in Europe, Asia, even Australia and New Zealand, sold under various brand names.  Here we were on a tour of the plant that's been here since the dawn of the 20th century watching endless slaps of dead salmon being chopped, minced and diced, and stuffed into cans, loaded onto pallets destined for far-flung markets all over the planet.    Seems the salmon don't stop migrating, even after they've been pulled from the ocean.

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