 | The Co-op has made big strides with its new and comprehensive sustainable seafood procurement policy. | |
 | The Co-op's preferred method of catch for tinned tuna is pole and line. At present, around 50 per cent of the Co-op's tinned tuna is caught in this way. The next step for the Co-op should be to eliminate all tuna caught using FADs. | |
| The Co-op only uses skipjack, which is the tuna with the stocks that are of the least environmental concern. Unfortunately, by buying some skipjack that has been purse seined with Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs), the Co-op is still contributing to the pressure on yellow fin and big eye stocks. | |
 | The Co-op's tins always specify the species of tuna, but not the method by which it was caught. | |
 | Marine reserves – like national parks at sea - are critical to ensuring the long term viability of tuna and other fish stocks, but the Co-op has so far failed to express public support for their establishment. |
Verdict: A good effort makes the Co-op a worthy runner up, but they still have more to do to be number one.
