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Three ways you can tell Sainsbury's to drop John West!

Posted by alice.hunter — 31 May 2016 at 5:11pm - Comments
All rights reserved. Credit: Will Rose/Greenpeace
John West tuna is caught using unsustainable fishing devices

We’ve sent thousands of emails, hundreds of tweets and inundated their Customer Service phone line with calls - but Sainsbury’s still won’t speak out against unsustainable fishing.

Article tagged as: fads, john west, oceans, sainsbury's, tuna

Behind The Lens

Posted by MeenaRajput — 31 May 2016 at 2:44pm - Comments

Photographer, Will Rose, joined Greenpeace activists on an expedition to the Indian Ocean to remove dozens of destructive Fish Aggregating Devices. These FADs kill endangered marine life including sharks and turtles, but despite this, leading tuna brands John West and Thai Union continue to use them. Since our campaign launched, Tesco and Waitrose have threatened to remove John West from their shelves unless they clean up their act. 

Article tagged as: actions, destructive, Documenting, esperanza, fads, Fish aggregating devices, fishing, greenpeace, indian ocean, john west, oceans, Photographer, sharks, ships, sustainable fishing, thai union, tuna, turtles

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Greenpeace Ship Targets John West owner’s Destructive Tuna Fishing in Indian Ocean

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Today, the Greenpeace ship The Esperanza has launched an expedition in the Indian Ocean to tackle unsustainable fishing by the world’s largest tuna company, Thai Union.

19 April, 2016

Supplying one-fifth of the world’s tinned tuna, Thai Union owns major brands around the world, including the UK’s John West. Despite pledges to source 100% sustainably caught tuna, the Liverpool-based company, which accounts for about a third of the UK tuna market, has made only token progress in meeting its commitments and continues to use the harmful method of so-called Fish-aggregating Devices (FADs)

Hélène Bourges, Oceans Campaigner with Greenpeace UK, said:

“John West is still using destructive and wasteful fishing methods which are killing sharks, turtles, amongst many other kinds of fish – some of which are endangered. This method also catches a lot of juvenile tuna and exacerbates the overfishing of certain species in this region.”

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Taiwan’s fisheries plagued by human rights abuses and shark finning - Greenpeace investigation

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14 April, 2016

A year-long Greenpeace East Asia investigation into Taiwan’s distant water tuna fisheries has exposed illegal shark finning, labour and human rights abuses, as well as Taiwan’s failure to adequately address issues such as murder and drug-smuggling at sea.

The findings released today in a Greenpeace East Asia report come as a yellow card warning from the European Commission is about to expire. Issued on 1 October 2015, Taiwan was given six months to clean up its fisheries or face economic sanction by the EU.

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