If tuna is too cheap, then stocks won't last
Brussels Expo: every sort of seafood imaginable - except bluefinI'm in Brussels, at the annual European Seafood Exposition. In the shadow of the improbably-shaped Atomium, thousands of people gather to...
View ArticlePurse-seining: when fishing methods go bad
When good things go bad: a purse-seine in action Greenpeace is not against purse-seining, which may surprise some people. Sure it's a big industrial-looking fishing operation, involving huge nets and...
View ArticleTaking action - and taking blows - to protect bluefin tuna
Greenpeace took action in the Mediterranean yesterday to stop some French purse-seiners catching bluefin tuna. And it's fair to say, things kicked off a bit.At long last, the weather had calmed down...
View ArticleAnother attempt to free bluefin tuna from fishing nets
Earlier today, the Greenpeace team in the Mediterranean made another attempt to free bluefin tuna caught by the purse-seine fishing vessels. The good news is nobody got hurt this time, but the bad news...
View ArticlePurse-seining season closes early for Mediterranean bluefin tuna
Greenpeace ships step in to stop bluefin tuna being fished to extinction © Hilton/GreenpeaceToday, or at 11.59pm tonight, to be exact, the purse-seining season for bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean is...
View ArticleTaking action to free bluefin tuna
The crews of the Arctic Sunrise and the Rainbow Warrior have once more come to the aid of Atlantic bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean. Although the fishing season has ended early because the quotas have...
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