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A dive in the Scoglietto dive site in Elba Island shows the beautiful marine life inside this marine reserve.

A dive in the Scoglietto dive site in Elba Island shows the beautiful marine life inside this marine reserve.

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Tuna Can from John West. Enlarge Image

Thousands of sharks and turtles wiped out for tinned tuna

John West, the UK’s largest seller of tinned tuna, has been ranked bottom of an environmentally-friendly tinned tuna league table published by Greenpeace today, due to the use of destructive fishing methods used to catch its tuna. New research shows that John West tinned tuna is often caught using ‘fish aggregation devices’, or FADs, responsible for wiping out thousands of sharks and turtles every year – including some rare and threatened species.

Around the world, most cod stocks are depleted by overfishing. One of these stocks is the North Sea cod. Enlarge Image

Result! Swedish food chains stop selling unsustainable seafood

Almost all food chains have decided to stop selling seafood from unsustainable sources. This major market development is revealed in Greenpeace’s new league table ranking of the Swedish food chains. Since our last ranking in March there have been many changes - BergendahlsGruppen and Axfood now share first place, closely followed by ICA. Next come Vi and Lidl.

Dutch supermarkets still not have a sustainable procurement for fish. There's still endangered species in the shelves. Enlarge Image

Still too much unsustainable seafood in Dutch supermarkets

At present none of the Dutch supermarkets obtain all their seafood from sustainable sources. This is the conclusion from the supermarket league table published today by Greenpeace.

Greenpeace report that ranks Norwegian retailers on seafood sustainability. Enlarge Image

Improvements, but Greenpeace wants more action from Norwegian retailers

The Greenpeace league table of Norwegian retailers shows an increasing awareness of sustainability issues in the Norwegian retail sector, but there is still much work to be done in order to get the new principles put into practice.

Greenpeace activists block the fish counter and lock down the canned fish products in a central Stockholm supermarket. Greenpeace is demanding that the big retailers stop selling endangered species and develop a sustainable policy for all their fish products. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace removes threatened seafood products from the shelves in Sweden

Greenpeace has released a guide that ranks the Swedish food store groups on their policies regarding the selling of endangered fish or fish caught with destructive methods. It reveals that all groups are far from having policies that can be approved as sustainable. Now Greenpeace takes it a step further and is removing all endangered fish from the shelves in a few handpicked stores all over the country.

Shopping basket filled with various seafood products from different supermarkets. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace finds German supermarkets reacting to fisheries crisis

Most German supermarkets and discount stores are reacting to the overfishing of our seas. The trade is taking its first steps towards purchasing fish and other seafood sustainably and transparently. In the face of the disastrous state of fish stocks worldwide, Greenpeace is calling on the food trade, as well as political decision-makers, to assume its responsibility to see that the seas are used sustainably.

Banner asking C1000/Schuitema to stop selling unsustainable seafood. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace places enormous fish skeleton on roof of C1000 head office

Since early this morning Greenpeace activists have been on the roof of the head office of C1000, in Amersfoort, Netherlands. They are protesting against the selection of seafood being sold by C1000. Over half is unsustainable, or the origin of the seafood is unclear. The activists are attaching a fish skeleton measuring 16 by 5 metres to the roof.

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European retail chain removes Pacific ‘stolen fish’ from supermarkets

Tins of tuna sold by companies involved in pirate fishing have been withdrawn from sale by Austrian food discounter Norma, following revelations by Greenpeace of illegal fishing practices.

On supermarket day, a green guppie and mobile billboards chased supermarket professionals, asking them to stop selling unsustainable seafood. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace draws attention to unsustainable seafood on Supermarket day

Greenpeace is chasing supermarket professionals, who will visit supermarkets all over the Netherlands today, with six mobile billboards with the line ‘Supermarkets: stop selling unsustainable seafood’. Greenpeace uses the Dutch yearly ‘Supermarket day’, organised by retail magazine Distrifood, to confront the branches with the problems behind the unsustainable seafood on their shelves.

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