Fish Aggregation Devices [FADs]

John West is ‘paying the price’ for breaking its sustainability promise to consumers

Last edited 25 July 2016 at 3:50pm
25 July, 2016

Responding to Tesco’s announcement that within the week many John West tuna products will be off its shelves, Greenpeace Oceans Campaigner Ariana Densham said:

‘John West broke their sustainability promise to consumers and now they’re paying the price. We know that this move by Tesco is going to cost John West millions. How long will it take for them and their owner Thai Union to work out that stripping our oceans of life is a dead-end business strategy?’

Article tagged as: Fish Aggregation Devices [FADs], john west, sainsburys, sustainable tuna, tesco, thai union, unsustainable tuna, waitrose

Greenpeace hits John West where it hurts - at sea, on land and in the shops

Last edited 23 May 2016 at 9:54am
23 May, 2016

London, 23 May 2016 – Through a series of coordinated actions, Greenpeace has disrupted John West’s operations at every point of its supply chain from sea to shelf as international pressure grows on the embattled company to stop reneging on its promises and move towards producing 100 per cent sustainable tuna.

This morning 25 activists targeted a major processing facility in Brittany, France belonging to Thai Union, the owner of John West. While on Saturday teams of volunteers cleared the shelves of tinned John West tuna in more than 50 Sainsbury’s stores throughout the UK.

Article tagged as: Fish Aggregation Devices [FADs], john west, notjusttuna, thai union, unsustainable fishing

First Tesco, now Waitrose threatens John West with ban over broken tuna sustainability promise

Last edited 9 May 2016 at 10:59am
9 May, 2016

London, 9 May 2016 – Waitrose has become the latest UK retailer to slam John West over its sustainability record: telling the seafood giant that if it does not clean up its act, its tuna tins will be taken off the shelves.

The decision will pile pressure on the embattled tuna company, which accounts for a third of the UK market, following last week’s announcement by Tesco that John West would be banned if it continued using harmful fishing practices.

Article tagged as: Fish Aggregation Devices [FADs], indian ocean, john west, sainsburys, tesco, unsustainable tuna, waitrose

Gone West: John West tuna could be taken off the shelves by Tesco

Last edited 29 April 2016 at 12:46pm
29 April, 2016

Tesco will ban John West tuna from its stores unless it stops using destructive fishing practices, the retailer said yesterday, in a move which would see one of the world’s biggest supermarkets clearing its shelves of unsustainable tuna.

The announcement comes as the Greenpeace ship the Esperanza is taking action in the Indian Ocean to expose and remove harmful fishing gear linked to the supply chains of John West and its owner Thai Union – despite the UK brand publicly promising to stop using them.

Article tagged as: Fish Aggregation Devices [FADs], john west, tesco, thai union, unsustainable tuna

Revealed: John West linked to destructive fishing device discovered in Indian Ocean

Last edited 22 April 2016 at 2:31pm
22 April, 2016

Indian Ocean, 21 April 2016 - Crew on the Greenpeace ship, the Esperanza, have discovered a harmful fish aggregating device (FAD) linked to UK tuna company John West - despite the company’s promise to phase out the use of the destructive fishing practice. ‘It’s grisly business-as-usual for John West,’ said Hélène Bourges, Oceans Campaigner at Greenpeace.

Greenpeace’s expedition in the Indian Ocean has revealed footage of near-threatened species including silky sharks under fishing gear deployed by the Talenduic - a French vessel which supplies John West.

Article tagged as: esperanza, Fish Aggregation Devices [FADs], indian ocean, john west, not just tuna, ship tour, Talenduic, unsustainable fishing

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