Blogposts tagged 'Tinned Tuna'

The Italian Job: reeling in the Italian tuna industry

Posted by simon clydesdale - 9 March 2012 at 1:56pm - 0 Comments
Tuna and bycatch caught in the east Pacific
All rights reserved. Credit: Alex Hofford/Greenpeace
Tuna and bycatch caught in the east Pacific

The sands in the tuna campaign have shifted again, and the oceans and tuna will ultimately be better off for it. Our Italian colleagues have just announced that the local tinned tuna brand Mareblu has committed to stop using Fads (fish aggregation devices) - the destructive marine minefields that have been blighting the oceans for decades.

Article tagged as: bolton, fads, john west, mareblu, marine reserves, thai union, tinned tuna, tuna

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

Change your tuna goes global as NZ and Canada turn the heat on their tins

Posted by Gemma Freeman - 20 June 2011 at 3:51pm
GPNZ tinned tuna activists outside Sealord HQ in Auckland
All rights reserved. Credit: © Nigel Marple / Greenpeace
GPNZ tinned tuna activists outside Sealord HQ in Auckland

Our campaign for sustainable tinned tuna has gained huge public and media support in the UK, acclaimed as ‘one of the most successful environmental campaigns in years’ by The Independent. And now the campaign to protect the Pacific by cleaning up tinned tuna has gone global...

Article tagged as: bycatch, canada, Cloverleaf, fads, fishing, new zealand, overfishing, Pams, purse seine nets, successes, tinned tuna, tuna

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

Posted by Willie - 12 April 2011 at 9:35am - 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 11:25am - 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 12:48pm - 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

Skipjack tuna is cheap and plentiful... or is it?

Posted by jamie - 1 March 2011 at 11:41am - 0 Comments
Tuna and bycatch caught in the east Pacific
All rights reserved. Credit: Alex Hofford/Greenpeace
Tuna and bycatch caught in the east Pacific

Of all the tuna species, skipjack is seen as the most plentiful and the most sustainable. The speed with which it reproduces and matures has meant stocks are more resilient to our industrial fishing fleets than its bluefin and bigeye cousins, and has guaranteed its place in the sandwiches and baked potatoes of the nation. Or at least, that has been the case until now.

Article tagged as: bycatch, IATTC, overfishing, pacific ocean, skipjack tuna, tinned tuna, tuna

Princes tuna: 'the tin full of sin'

Posted by jamie - 22 February 2011 at 5:40pm - 6 Comments
Nice PR? Princes tinned tuna rebranded
All rights reserved. Credit: Alex Hofford/Greenpeace/B Darvill

Now I'm back in the office and finally warmed up after yesterday's trip to visit Princes in Liverpool, I've been able to browse through some of the slogan suggestions which have been sent in. There are some absolute crackers in the 1,000-plus ideas we've received.

Article tagged as: bycatch, destructive fishing, princes, tinned tuna, tuna

Princes selling endangered tuna for less than £1 a pop

Posted by jamie - 1 February 2011 at 7:10pm - 3 Comments
Bigeye tuna caught in the Pacific. Princes claims to use bigeye tuna from the In
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace/Alex Hofford
Bigeye tuna caught in the Pacific. Princes claims to use bigeye tuna from the Indian Ocean

Yesterday, some of my colleagues met with executives from Princes to discuss the problems with their tinned tuna. It was the first meeting for several months and certainly since Princes came bottom of our league table. Needless to say, there was a lot to discuss.   

Article tagged as: bigeye tuna, endangered species, princes, sustainable seafood, tinned tuna, tuna

Sales for 'sustainable' seafood soar, but is the problem shifting elsewhere?

Posted by jamie - 18 January 2011 at 5:28pm - 2 Comments

It's been a good week for seafood sales. The Guardian reports that supermarkets have been doing brisk business in "sustainable seafood", particularly those featured in the various Big Fish Fight shows on Channel 4.

Article tagged as: big fish fight, bycatch, discards, oceans, supermarkets, sustainable seafood, tinned tuna, tuna
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