Oceans

The winners and losers: tinned tuna league table kicks off new campaign to end destructive fishing

Posted by Ariana Densham - 2nd October 2015
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John West are failing to meet their commitment to source sustainable tuna
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The new Greenpeace tinned tuna league table exposes the wide gulf between UK supermarkets and brands which have taken sustainability seriously and those which have simply broken promises to clean up. Use this to help you decide which brands to buy and which to avoid until they improve. #JustTuna For… Read More

A Manifesto for Change

Posted by John Sauven - 1st May 2015
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Skip to manifesto Next year, the International Union of Geological Sciences will report on the outcome of one of the biggest scientific debates of our time: whether the Earth has entered a new geological epoch. For the last 10,000 years – a period that has seen the birth and… Read More

Why Greenpeace can’t – and won’t – endorse farmed salmon

Posted by Willie Mackenzie - 21st March 2014
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Greenpeace doesn’t endorse farmed salmon. There you go, that’s it in black and white. Next time you see someone say we do – feel free to forward a link to this blog-post. I’m writing this to set the record straight after a few instances of producers and retailers (and even… Read More

From win to bin: our 2014 tuna league table

Posted by Ariana Densham - 28th February 2014
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Tuna league table
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The results are in! Which tinned tuna brands win, and which ones are fit for the bin? This tinned tuna league table reveals exactly how the tins stack up. Top of the table: ‘Market leaders’ Sainsbury’s ‘Top tuna supermarket’ – this Special Award goes to Sainsbury’s for their 100% pole… Read More

Blackfish: when whales turn killer

Posted by Willie Mackenzie - 24th July 2013
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Being held in captivity can chop 50-60 years from a killer whale's life expectancy
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When I was little, I can vaguely remember a trip to Blair Drummond Safari Park for my birthday. This was back in the days when the world was black and white, Starburst was called Opal Fruits, and they still had dolphins in captivity in the UK. I don’t remember… Read More

Pole and line fishing – catching tuna one by one

Posted by Simon Clydesdale - 2nd November 2012
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Today I saw a tonne of tuna. Literally. I witnessed every tuna landed on a pole and line fishing trip in the Maldives. It was a relatively slow day, 1.3 tonnes of tuna to be precise. A good day starts around 5 tonnes, but conditions were rough out there. And… Read More