Back in May, Greenpeace planned a protest off the Klaver Bank in Holland in which they were going to sink large stones into the sea in hopes of making a fish paradise. Dutch News reported at the time that Dutch fishermen are very upset since Holland’s government was in negotiations to turn Klaver Bank into a fishing preserve. Greenpeace subsequently announced they planned to place stone blocks in the area in order to help enhance the Bank’s biodiversity.

The fishermen brought the matter to court in hopes of blocking Greenpeace’s scheme but, unfortunately, lost the case. Greenpeace ended up sinking the blocks in the Klaver Bank anyway claiming negotiations were taking too long. The Dutch fishermen stated n court they feared their boats could capsize if their nets get caught on the stone barriers. The Dutch court decided the fishermen failed to make their case since the last time a fishing boat sank was in 1997 due to incompetent sailing. The court also said the plaintiffs did not demonstrate their activities would not negatively affect the sea bed.

The results of Greenpeace’s actions would do a lot of damage to the fishing trade in the area in question around Holland. Naturally, the fishermen are angry at the outcome. Environmentalists claim that the last time they used stone blocks in the area was in 2011 and it greatly helped the biodiversity of the area. In reality groups like Greenpeace oppose fishing since they seek to cajole people not only to embrace vegan diets. Environmentalists defend the lives of sea life and other animal species over human’s ability to consume them for meals so humans can preserve and enhance their lives. The Klaver Bank fiasco is just another feather in Greenpeace’s cap in their attack not just on the Dutch fishing industry but also on people’s choice of food if not the human food supply as a whole.