- TUNA CAMPAIGN SUCCESS!
Hurrah! Morrisons is the latest UK supermarket to succumb to the pressure of being centre of attention in Greenpeace's stickering and email campaign which aimed to get the tuna industry to adopt more sustainable fishing practices. They have agreed to ban purse seining using Fads (fish-aggregating devices) by the end of 2013.
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> This is fantastic news and, added to the changes already promised by Tesco, Asda and Princes, marks a monumental change for the tinned tuna industry, meaning healthier seas and less unnecessary destruction of marine life. The Independent newspaper have called it “one of the most successful environmental campaigns in years.” This means that all the majot UK supermarkets are moving towards pole and line fishing for tuna.
The only company to resist the campaign is John West. If you have not already done so, send them an email to register your support. Click here to do the deed!
CHAGOS MARINE RESERVE - ONE YEAR ON
Of course to protect the marine life in our seas we need more marine reserves. A year ago, David Miliband, the then Foreign Secretary, declared the Chagos Marine Reserve, at that time and still, the largest no-take marine reserve in the world.
Much has happened since this designation, and you can read all about it on this website.
Here’s a quick rundown of some of the highlights:
- In autumn 2010 the new coalition government announced that they stand fully behind the decision to establish the Chagos Marine Reserve.
- Outreach to the Chagossian community is ongoing, including two young people taking up scholarships to study coral reef conservation.
- The red-footed booby colony on Chagos is now the largest in the Indian Ocean.
- A scientific advisory panel for the marine reserve is being established, and will have its first meeting in a few months.
- Commercial fishing license expired in October 2010, and since then 10 vessels that were fishing illegally have been apprehended.
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