Tuna: on the brink of extinction

Last edited 10 June 2014 at 1:35pm

The UK eats more tuna than any other country except the USA. No wonder - it’s the UK’s most popular tinned fish. But tuna also provides a critical part of the diet of millions of people across the globe. Sadly, rampant overfishing is pushing some species, like the magnificent bluefin tuna, to the brink of extinction. Our appetite for cheap tinned tuna also puts other species like sharks, turtles and rays at risk through indiscriminate catch methods. We work to promote sustainable fishing methods, and to stop the fishing of endangered tuna species.

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Sharks ask Princes: if you found Nemo, would you kill him too?

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 - 21 February, 2011 - 09:17 -

Sharks ask Princes: if you found Nemo, would you kill him too?

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 - 21 February, 2011 - 09:17 -
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Posted by Willie - 11 February, 2011 - 12:23 -
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Princes selling endangered tuna for less than £1 a pop

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Posted by jamie - 1 February, 2011 - 19:10 -
Ron with activist alongside the MV Lung Yuin in Taiwan

Defending Pacific tuna in Taiwan

While in the UK we're focusing on Princes and the consumer end of the tuna trade, in Taiwan the Rainbow Warrior has been exposing the problems with tuna...
Posted by jamie - 31 January, 2011 - 16:07

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