Shame on you, Trader Joe’s. Chilean sea bass and orange roughy aren’t fish that should be regularly on the shelves in the store; they’re the kind of fish that cause fishermen to destroy habitat as if they’re all nautical Terminators.

According to Greenpeace, Chilean sea bass, considered “red list seafood,” are so scarce that Trader Joe’s actually has to hired pirates to catch them—and that, if not protected, will be extinct within five years. Then what will you sell, Trader Joe’s—crappie?

I thought it was illegal to sell endangered fish, anyway?

Orange roughy fishing is particularly detrimental to the environment. Greenpeace says, “They live in deep cold waters, hiding among seamounts and canyons. The way to catch orange roughy is to use a big bottom trawl. It scoops up and destroys everything in its path.” This means that tree coral, dogfish, deep-sea sharks, deep-sea catfish and a slew of other marine life are also destroyed simply while seeking out this fish.

In all, Trader Joe’s sells 15 red list sea foods—and there are only 22 on the list to begin with! The fish they sell include the two mentioned above in addition to yelllowfin tuna, Alaskan Pollock, Atlantic sea scallops, Greenland halibut, Atlantic cod, monkfish, Atlantic salmon, ocean quahog, redfish, swordfish, South Atlantic albacore tuna, Atlantic sea scallops, snapper, and tropical shrimp.

Since people have started to take a stand against Trader Joe’s unsustainable practices, they caved under pressure and posted that they’d start using the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s sustainable seafood list to start selling fish that don’t harm the environment so much on their website… However, they also noted that they’ll continue to sell the red list species that thousands of people have been protesting—and as of today, they have yet to pull a single endangered species off their shelves.

Greenpeace has a pretty funny campaign—it’s almost PETA-esqe, I think—to send Trader Joe’s a singing “Billie the Chilean sea bass” telegram in protest of their pirate practices and environmental destruction. Be sure to click the link to send one if you are in agreement with this campaign—and you can even download a widget of the telegram to host on your blog or website.

Click here to hear Casson Trenor, Greenpeace’s sustainable seafood expert, talk more about these fishing practices and how they impact our environment. You can also download their activist toolkit that will help you start your own campaign against the Trader Joe’s nearest you.