Four Greenpeace Activists Arrested during Sustainable Seafood Action at Safeway Store

Victoria, Canada --- Four Greenpeace activists were arrested today after
confronting staff at the Safeway grocery store on Foul Bay Road as part
of a campaign to stop Canada's supermarkets from selling Redlist seafood
products.

At 11:15 a.m., the activists entered the store, filled a grocery cart
with canned Redlist fish, chainedand locked the handles of a seafood
freezer and then locked the cart to the handles. Yellow cautiontape
reading "Oceans Crime Scene" was strung across the fresh seafood counter
and around the cart.

The activists --- one man and three women all in their 20s --- held
banners and handed out pamphlets aboutthe campaign. When approached by
the store manager, the activists explained why they were there
andrefused to leave. The Victoria Police Department was called and four
officers arrived at about noon.Two female activists had to be carried
out by police, while the other two walked out. All four arefacing
trespassing charges.

The store continues on the Greenpeace website

http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/press/press-releases/victoria-supermarket-arrests