Tuna: on the brink of extinction

Tuna - one of the world's favourite fish - provides a critical part of the diet of millions of people across the globe. It is also the core of the luxury sashimi markets. But rampant over-fishing is pushing these incredible creatures to the brink of extinction; there simply aren't enough fish to sustain the world's voracious appetite for tuna.

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If tuna is too cheap, then stocks won't last

Brussels Expo: every sort of seafood imaginable - except bluefin I'm in Brussels, at the annual European Seafood Exposition. In the shadow of the improbably-...
Posted by Willie - 29 April, 2010 - 12:10

Is a small step for sushi a great leap for tuna-kind?

For many people it seems that 'tuna' is synonymous with 'sushi'. And there's certainly no doubt that the demand for high quality tuna to feed the fashionable...
Posted by Willie - 14 April, 2010 - 22:33

What’s fishy about Whiskas catfood?

Today, in my inbox, was a letter from Whiskas parent group, Mars, gleefully telling us Greenpeace folk how committed they were to sustainability, saving the...
Posted by Willie - 12 April, 2010 - 20:41

CITES: championing extinction?

I've tried several times to write a 'wrap-up' blog for this year's CITES meeting. But usually I end up just banging my head against the keyboard in despair...
Posted by Willie - 29 March, 2010 - 18:11

Governments fail bluefin in Doha

The breaking news today is that governments at the CITES meeting at Doha have voted AGAINST a trade ban on Atlantic bluefin. Words cannot express how...
Posted by Willie - 18 March, 2010 - 16:13

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