Blogposts tagged 'John West'

The video the global tuna industry doesn’t want you to see

Posted by simon clydesdale - 17 November 2011 at 1:22pm - 4 Comments

Today we've released shocking footage of ocean life dying in gruesome ways at the hands of industrial tuna fishers in the Pacific Ocean. The footage was shot by a New Zealand helicopter pilot turned whistleblower, who undertook aerial reconnaissance for tuna boats in the Pacific in 2009.

Article tagged as: FAD, fads, john west, overfishing, tuna

Same fish, new business model

Posted by simon clydesdale - 17 August 2011 at 4:40pm - 1 Comment
Skipjack tuna caught by pole-and-line off Flores, Indonesia
All rights reserved. Credit: © Paul Hilton / Greenpeace
Skipjack tuna caught by pole-and-line off Flores, Indonesia

The hubbub has now died down since we announced that John West’s shift completed a clean sweep of change among major players in the UK tuna market. And it’s been a week since Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Fish Fight: The Battle Continues reinforced this message, making people think about how we use and need to protect the extraordinary resources of the waters that dominate this globe.

Article tagged as: fads, Fish Aggregation Devices, fish fight, Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, john west, princes, sustainable fishing, tinned tuna, tuna

Fish Fighting for the oceans! But the battle continues

Posted by simon clydesdale - 8 August 2011 at 8:39pm - 1 Comment
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall launches Fish Fight Europe outside the EU Commission
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Hugh starts the next crusade to save our seas in crisis in Fish Fight: The Battle Continues

Tonight Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall broadcast Hugh’s Fish Fight: The Battle Continues, his follow-up to the influential BAFTA-winning Fish Fight series broadcast in January. Hugh and his team have clearly been very busy over the last 6 months, and not just in securing Hugh a swish new haircut.

Article tagged as: CFP, common fisheries policy, discards, fads, fish fight, Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, hugh's fish fight, john west, sustainable fishing, tuna

And then there were none: John West changes its tuna to drop FADs

Posted by simon clydesdale - 25 July 2011 at 11:00pm - 5 Comments
A Greenpeace activist cuts the lines on a fish aggregating device (FAD) - curren
All rights reserved. Credit: © Greenpeace / Paul Hilton
A Greenpeace activist cuts the lines on a fish aggregating device (FAD) - banned in pockets of the Pacific Ocean

You did it! Today John West, the last of the major UK players to resist a shift to sustainable tuna, finally committed to change their tuna. After more than 51,000 emails, a lot of negotiation, some interesting stickering initiatives, and becoming utterly isolated amongst the UK industry, John West have changed their policies.

Article tagged as: fads, Fish Aggregation Devices, fish fight, fishing, Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, john west, Pole & LIne, Pole and Line, successes, sustainable fishing, tuna

A change in tuna policy: Morrisons move means all UK supermarkets switch

Posted by Willie - 12 April 2011 at 8:35am - 8 Comments
Tuna caught in the Pacific Ocean
All rights reserved. Credit: Alex Hofford/Greenpeace
Tuna caught in the Pacific Ocean

Brilliant news! Morrisons has announced a new policy on tinned tuna, committing to stop sourcing fish caught via destructive fishing methods: this means that now all major UK supermarkets have now changed their policy towards being more sustainable. This leaves John West as the last major supplier left that still needs to change its tuna.

Article tagged as: ASDA, bycatch, fads, fish fight, Independent, john west, morrisons, princes, successes, sustainable fishing, tinned tuna, tuna

John West hasn't shifted on tinned tuna, neither has Morrisons. At least, not yet...

Posted by Gemma Freeman - 31 March 2011 at 10:25am - 5 Comments
Greenpeace climber and banner on the roof of Morrisons
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace/John Cobb
In 2006, we said Morrisons was the worst fish retailer. Now its failing on tinned tuna, just like John West

We had huge success earlier this month getting both Princes and Asda to clean up their tinned tuna. But the battle against the butchering of our oceans isn’t over: John West and Morrisons are still not off the hook (ahem).

Article tagged as: ASDA, bycatch, fads, john west, morrisons, princes, tinned tuna, tuna

You did it! Princes will indeed change their tuna, and so will Asda

Posted by jamie - 9 March 2011 at 11:48am - 0 Comments
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace/Kristian Buus

It's with enormous pleasure that I can reveal that Princes has (finally) got the message that bycatch is killing the oceans and has announced that it will clean up its tinned tuna.

Article tagged as: ASDA, bycatch, fads, john west, morrisons, princes, successes, tinned tuna, tuna

What's lurking in your tuna sandwich?

Posted by Willie - 25 May 2010 at 3:38pm - 0 Comments

Another tin of tuna, because we know you can't get enough of these pictures

The old saying about a can of worms, is based on the idea that once you open said can, it's impossible to get the worms back in and close it again. Who knew that was true of cans of tuna too?

But fresh from our update on some of the international branded laggards yesterday, comes some news of more developments from some of the UK retailers.

Article tagged as: john west, oceans, princes, supermarkets, tinned tuna, tuna

John West – changing their tuna?

Posted by Willie - 16 December 2009 at 2:36pm - 0 Comments

It’s nearly Christmas …. And as I write this it's even snowing outside the Greenpeace office, so maybe it’s time for a little goodwill and some good news.

Way back in 2008 we published a league table ranking the major tinned tuna suppliers in the UK on a number of environmental criteria. Back then big brands John West and Princes were languishing at the bottom of the pile. When we updated that league table in June 2009, we reported some significant process from many of the UK's big retailers – with Sainsbury’s, Co-op, M&S, Waitrose and Asda all increasing their commitments to more responsible sourcing of the tuna in their cans.

Article tagged as: john west, league table, overfishing, tuna

John West - still in denial?

Posted by jossc - 22 August 2008 at 9:26am - 2 Comments

John Worst - avoid their unsustainable tinned tuna

Update on tinned tuna, June 2009: how have the retailers have responded to our report?

We already know that John West's website contains plenty of corporate puffery. After all, this is the company that claims to "only purchase fish which is caught with no harm to the marine environment" but which came a dismal last in our sustainability league table of tinned tuna brands. Yes, John West truly is John Worst on tinned tuna.

Article tagged as: albacore, bluefin, bycatch, john west, oceans, skipjack, sustainable seafood, tuna, yellowfin
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