Blogposts tagged 'Sustainable Fishing'

Vegetarians won’t change the fishing industry

Posted by Willie - 24 October 2011 at 2:35pm - 13 Comments
All rights reserved. Credit: Willie MacKenzie Greenpeace

Without fail, anytime I blog about more sustainable fish there will be at least one comment along the lines of ‘go vegan’ or ‘no one needs to eat fish anyway!’ That is of course fine and a viewpoint I (as a vegetarian of 25 years and counting) can certainly sympathise with.

Article tagged as: eating, fishing, food, overfishing, sustainable fishing, tuna

Paella-gate: our misfiring British humour

Posted by Tamara - 19 October 2011 at 10:09am - 4 Comments

Usually our campaign films are taken down from the internet by others. Think Nestle. Think VW. But the opposite happened on Saturday – we took down our own film.

Article tagged as: CFP, common fisheries policy, fishing, paella, sustainable fishing

Exposed: organised crime at sea

Posted by Arianadensham - 2 October 2011 at 8:15am - 8 Comments
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Antonio Vidal Pego is the boss of the Spanish family operation

You might not think that the criminal underworld smells of sea salt and fish guts, but when there are millions of euros up for grabs for Europe's fishing fleet the crooks with hooks surface.

Article tagged as: CFP, common fisheries policy, fish, overfishing, sustainable fishing

Same fish, new business model

Posted by simon clydesdale - 17 August 2011 at 5:40pm - 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

Seas in crisis? Fix the Common Fisheries Policy

Posted by Gemma Freeman - 17 August 2011 at 4:24pm - 1 Comment

Our seas are in peril: more than 70 per cent of Europe's fish stocks are overfished, putting our most popular species at risk if it continues. And the way Europe’s seas and fish are managed allows fleets to take two-to-three times more from our oceans than what scientists consider sustainable.

Article tagged as: CFP, common fisheries policy, fish, fishing, marine reserves, Reform, sustainable fishing, video

Fish Fighting for the oceans! But the battle continues

Posted by simon clydesdale - 8 August 2011 at 9:39pm - 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

Hugh brings his Fish Fight back for one last round

Posted by Willie - 4 August 2011 at 3:21pm - 5 Comments
Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall is back with a new episode of Fish Fight - The Battl
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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall launches Fish Fight Europe outside the EU Commission, Brussels

Back in January, Channel 4’s Big Fish Fight season caused quite a splash. The undoubted star of the season was Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and his three Hugh’s Fish Fight programmes which brought the shocking facts behind the fish on our plates onto TV screens.

Article tagged as: CFP, common fisheries policy, fads, fish, fish fight, Hugh, Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, sustainable fishing, tuna

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

Posted by simon clydesdale - 26 July 2011 at 12:00am - 5 Comments
A Greenpeace activist cuts the lines on a fish aggregating device (FAD) - curren
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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

Common Fisheries Policy reform: glimmer of light in a sea of darkness

Posted by Arianadensham - 15 July 2011 at 3:43pm - 1 Comment
Greenpeace Campaigner Hanne Larsen holds a Cod to be discarded due to current EU
All rights reserved. Credit: © Greenpeace / Christian Aslund
Greenpeace Campaigner Hanne Larsen holds a Cod to be discarded due to current EU quota systems

On Wednesday the European Commission launched its proposals for a reform of the way Europe’s seas and fish are managed. After such a positive start back in 2009 when the Commission published its progressive green paper [PDF], it has been downhill ever since.

Article tagged as: CFP, common fisheries policy, discards, european commission, events, fish fight, fishing, Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, sustainable fishing, tuna

African Voices UK tour video: speaking out against Europe's ocean plundering

Posted by Gemma Freeman - 15 June 2011 at 5:38pm - 0 Comments

For the African Voices tour, three West African fishermen came to the UK to reveal the harsh reality behind our hunger for fish: while their communities rely on the seas for vital protein, our industrial-sized European fishing fleets are pillaging their waters, leaving little fish to make a living from - let alone feed their families.

Article tagged as: African Voices, fishing, oceans, overfishing, Sustainability, sustainable fishing, tour, videos, west africa
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