Tuna giant Bolton says it will be '100% sustainable' by 2017, but how?
After the huge success of our UK tinned
tuna campaign, described by the Independent
as "one of the most successful environmental campaigns in years", it was great
to hear a big European tuna brand - Bolton commit to completely clean up its act.
Antonio "Toño" Vidal Pego was the focus of our recent investigations
Finally some good news for our seas. Toño, the head of the Vidal family network, and focus of our recent
investigation in to illegal fishing and subsides in Spain was found
guilty of fraud and condemned to one year and eight months in prison.
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17 November 2011 at 1:22pm -
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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.
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.
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6 October 2011 at 2:28pm -
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Protecting tuna is not just about dressing up as sharks and exposing the companies selling unsustainable tinned tuna.
Our ship the Esperanza is currently on the high seas in the Pacific to find, document and take action against illegal and unsustainable fishing throughout this region.
Greenpeace New Zealand tell Sealord to change it's tuna - with a giant tin
After the success of the UK Change Your Tuna campaign, where all our major tinned tuna brands have now pledged to phase out the worst fishing practices, our New Zealand office has brought the campaign to Kiwi cans - upping the pressure on home-grown seafood giant Sealord this week, writes Nick Young of Greenpeace NZ.
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.
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.
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.
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 stickeringinitiatives,
and becoming utterly isolated amongst the UK industry, John West have changed
their policies.
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