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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Endangered, but still on the menu

Catch them while you can - endangered bluefin tuna © Greenpeace/Gavin Newman When we said a few weeks ago that customers of the Nobu chain of high-class sushi...
Posted by Willie - 26 September, 2008 - 13:39

Just say Nobu

The Sunday Telegraph reports this morning that, thanks to Greenpeace investigative work*, we now know that London’s Nobu restaurants, among the capital’s...
Posted by Willie - 7 September, 2008 - 09:48

John West - still in denial?

Update on tinned tuna, June 2009: how have the retailers have responded to our report? We already know that John West's website contains plenty of...
Posted by jossc - 22 August, 2008 - 10:26 -

John West - still in denial?

Update on tinned tuna, June 2009: how have the retailers have responded to our report? We already know that John West's website contains plenty of...
Posted by jossc - 22 August, 2008 - 10:26 -

John West: the worst on tinned tuna

Tinned tuna is big business - there's a can in almost everyone's cupboard. Here in the UK we can't get enough of it - we're the second biggest consumer in the...
Posted by jossc - 13 August, 2008 - 11:10

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