factory trawlers operating in the north Pacific seem to be in the eye of a storm generated by Greenpeace activists in the us . The Seattle-based fleet of floating fish factories is allegedly pushing fish stocks off Alaska's shores. The port of Seattle police arrested 11 people after Greenpeace protesters disrupted the departure of some fishing vessels to the high seas. The arrested were attempting to chain themselves to four us trawlers.

Greenpeace's campaign targets nearly 50 us -flagged fishing vessels that operate on an industrial scale