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Fishing trawler Yu Wen 101 hauling in its net with the Rainbow Warrior II (SVRW) in the background, Pacific Ocean. Greenpeace tour aimed at highlighting the over fishing of the Pacific Ocean by foreign distant water fishing fleets. The tour specifically focuses on the mass depletion of Tuna stocks and the severe consequences this has created for local fishing communities. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace alert about canned tuna from illegal sources

Greenpeace is warning that tuna fish from pirate fishing in the Pacific might be on sale in European supermarkets. In the last few months, several ships have been convicted of illegal tuna fishing practices in the Pacific. The ships belong to the Spanish fishing companies Albacora, Calvopesca and Conservas Garavilla SA as well as to the Ecuadorian company Nirsa SA. These companies sell tins of tuna to supermarkets in most European countries, including Austria, Germany, Spain, Great Britain, France and Holland.

Greenpeace activists giving informations about seafood. Action in front of the office of Dirk van den Broek, in Sassenheim. Enlarge Image

Supermarket chillers are full of unsustainable seafood

Threatened seafood as well as seafood fished and farmed using environmentally destructive methods can be found in abundance in Dutch supermarkets. The majority of the supermarkets do not take into account the fragile state of marine life when buying seafood products.

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Supermarkets increasingly consider sustainability in their fish procurement

As a direct result of Greenpeace’s sustainable seafood campaign in Austria, many corporations have decided to reconsider how they purchase fish and fish products and have begun to institute ecological measures. Nevertheless, Greenpeace is very disappointed with Metro: despite agreements to the contrary, the company still sells shark as well as other endangered species.

Swordfish recovered from illegal Italian driftnet on the MV GREENPEACE. Sardinian channel, Mediterranean. Enlarge Image

Austrian retailer Pfeiffer stops selling endangered fish

As a reaction to the Greenpeace report ‘Sell-out of the seas’, the Pfeiffer group has decided to remove shark, swordfish, hoki and ray from its product range with immediate effect. In the report, Greenpeace looked into the Austrian supermarket group’s fish purchasing policies.

Beam trawling is one of the most destructive forms of fishing Enlarge Image

UK retailers’ seafood revolution

One year after Greenpeace challenged the seafood industry to clean up its act by dropping destructively fished species from their shelves, a new report released today shows that major retailers in the UK are leading a revolution that is transforming the entire fishing industry.

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Greenpeace successful – ADEG changes unsustainable fish policy

In Austria, the ADEG/AGM/Edeka group has committed to developing principles for sustainable fish purchasing. Five of the most endangered species will be removed from their range of fish for sale: Atlantic salmon, shark and shark products, hoki, redfish and New Zealand oreo dory.

Sales of the seas. Threat to fish in our supermarkets. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace report: Endangered fish species in Austrian supermarkets

Today Greenpeace Austria has launched a campaign to pressure the country's retailers to drop unsustainable and endangered seafood from its shelves. The campaign kicked off on Wednesday with the report ‘Sell-out of the Seas’, which includes a league table of major Austrian supermarkets.

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ASDA nets last place in league table

ASDA was the worst company in a league table ranking supermarkets on their seafood sustainability in the UK. They stock at least 13 species of threatened fish and have no public policy on the sustainability of the fish they sell.

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