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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Looks are everything

The Great White shark: more threatened than threatening © CC  hermanusbackpackers A couple of stories in the press today caught my eye. Both are about what...
Posted by Willie - 25 June, 2009 - 13:55

Video: A black eye for Emma and a step forward for bluefin tuna

John Hocevar, aboard the Rainbow Warrior in Malta, describes how sailors from one of the Mediterranean's largest tuna fishing companies violently attacked a...
Posted by jossc - 24 June, 2009 - 10:05

"Take care of our tuna, because they are going to exterminate them"

More from Liz onboard the Rainbow Warrior as the crew monitor the overfishing of bluefin tuna in the seas around Malta.  An old Maltese fisherman leans...
Posted by Liz Cronin - 19 June, 2009 - 17:29

Standing up to the big guys...

Our new blogger Liz is a volunteer deck-hand onboard the Rainbow Warrior. Over the next few weeks she'll be our eyes and ears aboard as the crew document and...
Posted by liz on rainbow ... - 16 June, 2009 - 10:09

Endangered tuna - what a difference a World Oceans Day makes

It's all gone a bit tuna crazy in the media over the last couple of days. What with the launch of The End of the Line, the Nobu protests and the Pret a Manger...
Posted by jossc - 9 June, 2009 - 12:25

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