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The suicidal tendencies of the Turkish tuna fishery

Captive Bluefin Tuna inside a transport cage. Greenpeace is calling on the countries of the Mediterranean to protect bluefin tuna with marine reserves in their breeding and feeding areas. Enlarge Image

European Union sinks tuna agreement

Shameless. Disastrous. The international body responsible for "managing" what's left of the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna stock has ignored scientific advice, the demands of Greenpeace supporters around the world, and the pleas of the governments of Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Norway, South Africa and the United States to save the fishery from collapse.

Dead tuna heads for deadbeat tuna managers. Enlarge Image

Dead tuna heads for deadbeat tuna managers

What does it take to get the governments responsible for the imminent collapse of the East Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery to wake up and do something? What about a mock "Pirates of the Mediterranean" poster of the responsible ministers in pirate gear in The Economist? How about more than 10,000 emails? OK, how about several tonnes of dead tuna fish heads dumped on the doorstep of the French fisheries ministry?

The pirate fishing vessel, Luna Rossa, cut off its illegal driftnet and fled from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise. Enlarge Image

Mediterranean pirates busted by Greenpeace

Activists aboard our ship Arctic Sunrise confronted an illegal vessel, the Luna Rossa, fishing with a driftnet this morning in international waters west of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea. The Luna Rossa’s crew immediately cut the net and fled from our ship at high speed.

Cod in a fish market. Cod is seriously overfished in many parts of the world. Enlarge Image

In the Red - fish that are best left in the ocean

Far too often, we're left without answers when we're trying to find out if seafood on our supermarket shelves is sustainable -until recently it's been almost impossible to know. Now we are providing an international red list of fish that both consumers and retailers should avoid.

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