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Tuna

Topic | 20 March, 2014 at 18:30

Tuna can travel thousands of kilometres in their lifetime, but they can't outrun the fishing boats any more, unless we can give them ocean sanctuaries where they can have time to recover their numbers.

Pole and Line - A Fisherman's Story

Topic | 11 December, 2012 at 17:30

Fishing is a way of life in the Maldives. It is the lifeblood of village life and using a traditional pole and line method, tuna is caught sustainably, one-by-one, ensuring fish for future generations.

Thai Union commits to more sustainable, socially-responsible seafood

Press release | 11 July, 2017 at 9:00

Bangkok, 11 July 2017 – Thai Union Group PCL has committed to measures that will tackle illegal fishing and overfishing, as well as improve the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of workers throughout the company’s supply chains.

Fit for the future

Topic | 20 March, 2014 at 16:13

We stand with everyone who wants healthy oceans for our children, who want marine life to thrive and the fishing industry to give jobs and a future for millions. We will be part of the movement that works to create and protect clean seas that...

RIP bluefin tuna

Press release | 30 August, 2006 at 2:00

Greenpeace activists today formed a symbolic 'tuna graveyard' with mock crosses and a banner saying "R.I.P. Bluefin tuna. 1996-2006" inside a tuna ranch in Cartagena, Southeast Spain. The environmental organisation has called for the immediate...

Taking Tuna Out of the Can 4th Edition

Publication | 4 May, 2010 at 18:30

Retailers’ Roles in Rescuing the World’s Favourite Fish.

Authorities give in to tuna fisherman and tow Rainbow Warrior out of French waters

Press release | 24 August, 2006 at 2:00

Following a second day of hostility from tuna fishermen in the port of Marseille, who have blocked, boarded and now tied themselves to the Rainbow Warrior, the international environmental organisation's flagship is being towed out of France's 12...

Our first tuna ship contact

Blog entry by Rainbow Warrior | 7 August, 2015 1 comment

The Pacific is a big ocean. You can sail for days without seeing another ship (as we just did). But now we're in the fishing grounds, and starting to spot fishing vessels. Knowing where to go There're some things you can't know...

Desperately Seeking: South Pacific Albacore tuna

Blog entry by Dr Cat Dorey | 7 August, 2015 1 comment

There's a tendency, outside my science world at least, to talk about 'tuna' as if it was one species of fish. In fact tuna is a generic name for a whole bunch of tuna and mackerel species. As well as the main commercial species of...

Greenpeace Ship, Arctic Sunrise attacked by Turkish Tuna Fishermen

Press release | 30 May, 2008 at 2:00

Three Turkish tuna fishing vessels surrounded the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise while the crew of one of the vessels attacked the ship in the Cypriot Channel this morning. Greenpeace is in the area to call for an end to unsustainable fishing and...

Taking Tuna out of the Can

Publication | 7 October, 2008 at 2:00

Retailer's roles in rescuing the world's favourite fish. Global tuna stocks are in big trouble. Tuna is one of the world’s favourite fish, the staple protein in the diet of millions, and the fish at the core of the luxury sashimi market. Perhaps...

Pacific Tuna Summit 2010

Publication | 30 November, 2010 at 15:03

Government officials, fisheries managers and Greenpeace oceans advocates will be attending the annual meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission meeting, taking place 6-10 December 2010 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Greenpeace Policy Statement on ICCAT 17

Publication | 14 November, 2010 at 12:50

In advance of the 17th annual ICCAT meeting, Greenpeace released its policy briefings to contracting parties, detailing the recommendations for outcomes of the tuna summit. The Eastern stock of Atlantic bluefin tuna is heavily over-exploited,...

All About Greenpeace and ICCAT 2010

Publication | 19 November, 2010 at 16:29

Government leaders and fisheries managers are gathering in Paris, France for the 17th annual ICCAT meeting, which will decide the future of the iconic Atlantic bluefin tuna. Greenpeace is demanding that this year's ICCAT meeting produce a...

Count me in

Sign the petition for a global network of marine reserves

Greenpeace Submission to ICCAT Secretariat

Publication | 20 November, 2010 at 23:12

Upon the opening of the 17th meeting of the members of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, Greenpeace submitted the following document to the body's Secretariat.

Greenpeace Comments on 2010 ICCAT Carry-Over Report

Publication | 19 November, 2010 at 9:53

Greenpeace briefing on the data compiled by the ICCAT Secretariat in document COC-303/2010.

Greenpeace urges consumers and investors around the globe to avoid Thai Union Group...

Press release | 5 October, 2015 at 10:46

Bangkok, 5 October 2015 – Greenpeace today launched a global campaign demanding that the world’s largest canned tuna company, Thai Union Group (TU), take urgent and far-reaching steps to eliminate labour abuse and destructive, wasteful fishing...

Three ways people power is changing the tuna industry for good

Blog entry by Graham Forbes | 23 October, 2015

The tuna industry is out of control. It is emptying the oceans of fish, killing other marine creatures like sharks and sea turtles — even abusing workers, who spend months or years at sea for meager pay. For years, tuna...

Enough is enough; we need to reclaim our seas and fisheries now

Blog entry by Duncan Williams | 3 December, 2013

The Western and Central Pacific is the world's largest tuna fishery , with millions of people depending on it for food and their livelihoods. It is also an economic lifeline for many of our region's small island states. But there is...

The "longline" of suffering and destruction

Blog entry by Sari Tolvanen | 20 November, 2013 1 comment

Tuna longline fisheries are one of the most scandalous fishing businesses on the planet, operating mostly out of sight and out of control. Longlining is the fishing method that catches the big valuable tunas aimed at fulfilling the...

Supply Chained: Human rights abuse in the global tuna industry

Blog entry by Tara Buakamsri | 4 November, 2015

If you are a tuna lover, chances are good that someone who was forced to work for meagre pay — perhaps even under threat of violence — is behind your tuna curry or teriyaki. Human rights abuses in the tuna industry are serious and...

3 (unpalatable) facts you need to know if you eat sashimi

Blog entry by Yen Ning | 14 April, 2016

One in three pieces of sashimi is from fish caught by Taiwanese fishing vessels. If you eat imported seafood, chances are you’ve eaten Taiwan caught fish, so when we’re talking Taiwanese seafood, we’re talking about an industry that...

From the USA to Thailand: Let's fight to change the tuna industry!

Blog entry by Maïa Booker | 30 October, 2015

This week – from San Diego to Bangkok – activists sent a clear message to tuna industry giant Thai Union Group: it is time for just and sustainable tuna. Thai Union Group is the largest canned tuna company in the world –...

I'm vegan - here's why I'm fighting to change the tuna industry

Blog entry by Dawn Bickett | 22 October, 2015 1 comment

As a vegan, Dawn Bickett used to feel removed from the issue of sustainable seafood. But after documenting the Pacific tuna industry's destructive ways with the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior, she's determined to do more to protect...

Disruption, change and the growing wave against Thai Union tuna

Blog entry by Tom Lowe | 13 May, 2016

The waves are surging higher around the Esperanza today. We're headed north towards busier fishing areas, the horizon line heaving up and down as the ship barrels every which way amid the rolling, white-peaked swell. Waves crash...

What will it take to protect the world’s fish and oceans for future generations?

Blog entry by Dr Cat Dorey | 1 December, 2016

I don’t speak tuna . And I fear my ability to sign in shark could be fatally misconstrued. But next week when people from all around the Pacific and beyond meet in Fiji to discuss the future of fisheries in the region, our finned...

Supply Chained

Publication | 4 November, 2015 at 16:00

Thai Union Group PLC (TU) is the largest producer of canned tuna in the world, supplying to brands and retailers around the globe. But TU has been linked to the darkest sides of the seafood industry: human rights abuses, the wholesale waste of...

A mothership your mother wouldn’t like

Blog entry by Oliver Knowles | 27 August, 2015 3 comments

Motherships… transshipping… they sound like things you'd find in outer space while you're star trekking across the universe. But the Rainbow Warrior is finding them way out in the high seas, in areas of the Pacific Ocean that are more...

Major US tuna brands connected to slavery at sea and human rights abuses

Blog entry by John Hocevar | 26 March, 2015 2 comments

The Associated Press recently released results of an investigation into slavery on Southeast Asian fishing trawlers that supply major supermarkets and seafood companies throughout the United States. The enslaved men featured in the...

Out of line

Publication | 19 November, 2013 at 17:30

Most of the global longline fisheries are operating out of control and out of sight. A huge fleet of over 5000 vessels roams the world’s oceans with almost no control mechanisms in place to ensure that their operations are legal, sustainable...

Plundering the Pacific 2008

Publication | 2 October, 2008 at 12:50

How transhipping at sea by Philippine fleets facilitates the launder and plunder of West and Central Pacific tuna

Brussels Seafood Expo - business closed!

Feature story | 23 April, 2008 at 2:00

"Ladies and Gentlemen your attention please, the Dongwon, Mitsubishi, Moon Marine, Azzopardi and Ricardo Fuentes stalls are now closed." That was one message being relayed over the public address sound system at the Brussels Seafood Expo today,...

Art is essential to activism

Blog entry by Ryan Schleeter | 17 November, 2015

The environmental movement runs on innovation. Our biggest victories aren't won by out-spending or out-muscling our adversaries. Instead, we out-maneuver. We meet big challenges with even bigger creativity. And there are few...

Mars and Nestlé just stepped up to protect the ocean and workers. Here's how.

Blog entry by John Hocevar | 16 March, 2017 2 comments

Thanks to the hard work of pet owners and activists like you, Mars and Nestlé — the two largest pet food companies in the world — are committing to make immediate changes to help ensure their pet food supply chains are safer for our...

The battle against destructive fishing goes from sea to shelf

Blog entry by Tom Lowe | 19 May, 2016

One of the defining symbols of Greenpeace is our ships. The ability to reach areas of the world that are inaccessible to others is what allows this global movement to tackle environmental malfeasance head-on, wherever it takes place. ...

Thai fishing fleet moving to Indian ocean to avoid regulation, finds Greenpeace...

Press release | 15 December, 2016 at 10:06

Bangkok, 15 December 2016 - A 12-month investigation by Greenpeace Southeast Asia has found that Thailand’s overseas fishing fleets are intentionally shifting to remote waters in order to avoid fishing regulations. The investigation started seven...

Taking on the tuna tycoons

Blog entry by Graham Forbes | 10 March, 2015 2 comments

Stepping up our campaign for healthy oceans in the world's biggest canned tuna market. Our global campaign for healthy oceans and sustainable tuna fisheries just stepped up a gear. For the first time ever, we have ranked US...

Blame Canada (and España)

Background | 20 November, 2006 at 10:17

Tuna industry must chart future with ‘less boats, more fish’

Press release | 23 May, 2012 at 10:38

Bangkok, Thailand, 23 May 2012 – To rescue the world’s oceans and fishing industries from collapse, Greenpeace will be calling for “less boats, more fish” at the global tuna industry’s biennial convention in Bangkok this week.

Facts about 5 major tuna suppliers

Publication | 23 April, 2008 at 14:59

Mitsubishi Corporation (UK/Japan), Ricardo Fuentes e Hijos (Spain), Dongwon Industries and Dongwon F&B; (Korea), Moon Marine (Taiwan/Singapore), Azzopardi Fisheries (Malta)

Love in Translation

Background | 12 February, 2008 at 18:14

Achievements with European supermarkets by June 2008

Publication | 10 July, 2008 at 2:00

In October 2005 Greenpeace UK published a league table that ranked UK supermarkets on the basis of their seafood sourcing policies – this laid the ground-work for Greenpeace’s sustainable seafood campaign.

Not Just Tuna: The truth behind the world’s biggest tuna company

Blog entry by Graham Forbes | 4 October, 2015

It's time to change the tuna industry. The global tuna industry is out of control . It is emptying our oceans of fish, harming other marine life and exploiting workers in shocking ways . Workers report being beaten,...

Fishermen confirm shark finning on tuna longliners

Blog entry by Dan Salmon | 21 August, 2015

The cruel yet lucrative shark fin trade is back in the headlines and it's clearly something people care deeply about, public pressure and a petition signed by nearly 180,000 people, prompted shipping giant United Parcel Service...

Pacific tuna fishing is out of control

Blog entry by Kumi Naidoo | 4 August, 2015

Out in the Pacific Ocean thousands of fishing vessels are working around the clock to pull tuna out of the sea as fast as they can. A Taiwanese longline fishing vessel, just one of thousands of tuna boats fishing the Pacific...

These are the videos the tuna industry doesn't want you to see

Blog entry by John Hocevar | 30 July, 2015 1 comment

This week, Greenpeace USA released five new video testimonials from Pacific tuna fishermen detailing the horrible conditions they've worked under. The interviews – conducted in a South Pacific port earlier this year – reveal incidents...

You did it! Mars rejects human-rights tainted seafood

Blog entry by Kate Simcock | 7 September, 2016 1 comment

Give yourself a massive pat on the back!  After constant pressure from cat, tuna and ocean lovers alike, calling on global food giant Mars, and its brand Whiskas, to face up to human rights abuses in the supply chain of seafood...

The Video the Global Tuna Industry Doesn’t Want You To See

Background | 16 November, 2011 at 19:02

Have you ever wondered what lies behind that can of tuna on your shelf? Where is your tuna from, how is it caught and how does it get from the water to your kitchen?

Greenpeace Releases Shocking Video of Tuna Industry's Wasteful Fishing Practices

Press release | 17 November, 2011 at 10:19

Amsterdam, 16 November 2011- Shocking new video footage captured by a tuna industry whistleblower, was released by Greenpeace today, revealing the routine careless slaughter of marine species, including whale sharks, rays and whales, as...

Greenpeace takes action to stop Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna Fishing:

Press release | 4 June, 2010 at 18:01

Mediterranean Sea - Greenpeace activists took direct action this afternoon to stop bluefin tuna fishing in the Mediterranean. Activists from the Greenpeace ships Rainbow Warrior and the Arctic Sunrise launched high speed inflatable boats in an...

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