tuna

New trade protections for sharks – but are they enough?

Posted by Willie Mackenzie - 19th October 2016
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Like it or not, around the world many species of animals are seen as tradeable commodities – for things like food, fur, fashion or medicine. Of course we know that historically hunting animals for commercial gain has often been really bad news for the animals concerned. Just stop and think… Read More

Sainsbury’s tell us to “Taste The Difference” – now people are telling them to #StopTheIndifference

Posted by Fiona Nicholls - 15th July 2016
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If you’ve visited Sainsbury’s during the last week, you may have noticed something a little different in the tuna aisle… This week hundreds are taking Sainsbury’s to task for continuing to stock John West tuna. People up and down Britain have been decorating the supermarket’s John West shelves with “promotional tags”… Read More

Taking Action on Tuna

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 27th June 2016
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Right now, only two per cent of John West tuna is sustainably caught. The rest is sourced from suppliers who use indiscriminate ‘fish aggregation devices’ (FADs), which see turtles and sharks killed as bycatch. What’s happening out at sea – and being sold in our shops – is having a… Read More

Taking 400,000 people on a trip to the Indian Ocean

Posted by Tom Lowe - 1st June 2016
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If John West’s owner Thai Union doesn’t start protecting the oceans and those who work on them, we’ll continue to shut down their supply chains, explains Tom Lowe, who has just returned from the Greenpeace ship the Esperanza’s tour of the Indian Ocean. It was a sunny April afternoon when… Read More

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

Posted by Alice Hunter - 31st May 2016
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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. They seem to think that if they ignore us we’ll go away – but that’s not going to happen. Tesco and Waitrose have… Read More

Behind The Lens

Posted by Meena Rajput - 31st May 2016
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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,… Read More