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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Sales for 'sustainable' seafood soar, but is the problem shifting elsewhere?

It's been a good week for seafood sales. The Guardian reports that supermarkets have been doing brisk business in "sustainable seafood", particularly those...
Posted by jamie - 18 January, 2011 - 17:28

Princes changes tuna labels but not its policies

So, what's been going on since our tinned tuna league table was released on an expectant world at the weekend? Quite a bit as it happens and already you've...
Posted by jamie - 14 January, 2011 - 18:44
Tesco was bottom of our tinned tuna league table before a nifty u-turn

Tesco escapes last place in new tinned tuna league table with spectacular policy u-turn

Update, 9 March 2011: both Princes and Asda have committed to removing tuna caught using fish aggregating devices in combination with purse seine nets from...
Posted by jamie - 9 January, 2011 - 10:40

Tinned Tuna's Secret Catch

The UK is the second largest consumer of tinned tuna in the world, consuming the equivalent of more than 778 million tins in 2008 alone. Eating more...
Posted by jamie - 9 January, 2011 - 10:29

ICCAT fails to protect bluefin tuna

Oceans campaigner Oliver Knowles, Greenpeace delegation lead at the recent ICCAT meeting in Paris, sums up his feelings about the rather poor outcome. This...
Posted by jamie - 29 November, 2010 - 17:00

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