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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The trouble with tuna

Is removing salade nicoise from the menu better than searching out sustainable tuna supplies? (Photo (c) FotoosVanRobin) When you get a bit close to a subject...
Posted by Willie - 25 August, 2010 - 12:01 -

Taking action to free bluefin tuna

The crews of the Arctic Sunrise and the Rainbow Warrior have once more come to the aid of Atlantic bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean. Although the fishing...
Posted by jamie - 14 June, 2010 - 16:08

Purse-seining season closes early for Mediterranean bluefin tuna

Greenpeace ships step in to stop bluefin tuna being fished to extinction © Hilton/Greenpeace Today, or at 11.59pm tonight, to be exact, the purse-seining...
Posted by Willie - 9 June, 2010 - 16:58 -

Another attempt to free bluefin tuna from fishing nets

Earlier today, the Greenpeace team in the Mediterranean made another attempt to free bluefin tuna caught by the purse-seine fishing vessels. The good news...
Posted by jamie - 7 June, 2010 - 17:24

Video: what happens when grappling hook meets leg

For a taste of the violence Greenpeace activists encountered on Friday as they tried to free bluefin tuna from purse-seine fishing nets, look no further than...
Posted by jamie - 7 June, 2010 - 13:48

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