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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Esperanza confronts world's biggest tuna ship

Our 25 metre long 'No Fish No Future' banner looks tiny alongside the giant Albatun Tres After last week's good news about Pacific Island nations...
Posted by jossc - 27 May, 2008 - 16:42

Tide turns for Pacific tuna

Hurrah! At last some good news for threatened Pacific tuna. Eight Pacific Island nations have signed an agreement to stop foreign fishing fleets taking...
Posted by jossc - 23 May, 2008 - 12:32

The Pacific Commons: looks can be deceiving

Many of us are filled with a great sense of wonder and awe when we have the opportunity to experience the ocean. It can excite and calm, mystify and inspire...
Posted by lisa - 19 May, 2008 - 10:50

Bluefin thinking

Our Executive Director John Sauven, writing for comment is free explains why tuna, once the 'chicken of the sea', is now at grave risk from overfishing....
Posted by John Sauven - 24 April, 2008 - 10:45

Greenpeace stops the trading of endangered species

You'd probably find the idea of an event for trading in rhinoceros horns or tiger skins pretty shocking. But today, 1,600 companies from 80 countries came...
Posted by bex - 23 April, 2008 - 17:47 -

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