Back to the future?

Our ships Rainbow Warrior and Esperanza are both in the Mediterranean to unite our efforts to highight the threats to tuna and other iconic species such as swordfish. Tuna is of course far more likely to be on your dinner plate than whale, but it may not be on your plate at all for long. Our new report reveals the backwards attitudes in the Mediterranean is threatening the very survival of not only tuna but also species of dolphin and whale.

Some of the things we've found:

• overfishing of species such as the bluefin tuna is rampant, leading to a decline of 80 percent in stocks
• banned fishing practices like driftnetting are still being carried out on a massive scale, not only wiping out commercial fish stocks but at the same time killing species like dolphins and whales
• pollution from tourism, overdevelopment and commercial trade are major threats to the Mediterranean

What is the solution (apart from turning back time)?

Well once again it's marine reserves. We urgently need to establish a network of marine reserves across the Mediterranean Sea to safeguard its productivity, its marine life and its ecosystems - now and in the future.