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.

Campaign updates

A New Year, and a new position from the UK government on bluefin?

Well, they may not be shouting about it, but it certainly looks that way. Ironically 2010 has been declared by the UN as 'International Year of Biodiversity...
Posted by Willie - 12 January, 2010 - 18:36

John West – changing their tuna?

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...
Posted by Willie - 16 December, 2009 - 15:36

Backing down on bluefin?

You know, I wouldn’t be surprised if somewhere someone decided to name a roller-coaster 'bluefin'. The ups, downs, twists, and turns are certainly hard to...
Posted by Willie - 16 December, 2009 - 14:57

Subsidising extinction

Bluefin tuna - sometimes you just can't believe how absurd the story gets. News today from WWF and a Green MEP show that over an eight-year period the EU...
Posted by Willie - 4 December, 2009 - 11:39

Political flip-flops on bluefin?

As ICCAT souvenirs, delegates will be packing their bags in Recife with a delightful polo shirt emblazoned with 'ICCAT' and a bluefin tuna, and a pair of flip...
Posted by Willie - 16 November, 2009 - 11:36

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