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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Greenpeace New Zealand tell Sealord to change it's tuna - with a giant tin

NZ company Sealord told, 'Change your tuna - not just your logo'

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...
Posted by nick_gp - 30 August, 2011 - 15:36
Skipjack tuna caught by pole-and-line off Flores, Indonesia

Same fish, new business model

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...
Posted by simon clydesdale - 17 August, 2011 - 17:40 -
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall launches Fish Fight Europe outside the EU Commission

Fish Fighting for the oceans! But 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...
Posted by simon clydesdale - 8 August, 2011 - 21:39 -
Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall is back with a new episode of Fish Fight - The Battl

Hugh brings his Fish Fight back for one last round

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’...
Posted by Willie - 4 August, 2011 - 15:21 -
A Greenpeace activist cuts the lines on a fish aggregating device (FAD) - curren

And then there were none: John West changes its tuna to drop FADs

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...
Posted by simon clydesdale - 26 July, 2011 - 00:00 -

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