An interesting article I read through a GREENPEACE newsletter was about canned tuna. Most people know to only buy "dolphin friendly" - and it is very rare to find tuna now a can that does not have this label... in fact...my cat food even has this label!
Many of you may not know, as I did not know myself, that canned tuna is still hurting other precious marine life.
Did you know that canned tuna is Australia’s biggest selling seafood item. Yet none of our canned tuna brands use tuna that’s caught sustainably. Increasing demand for tuna has decimated global tuna stocks. And to make things worse, destructive tuna fishing methods kill other marine life such as turtles and sharks.
Supermarkets rack up over $300 million a year from canned tuna. By selling us tuna that’s not caught sustainably, supermarkets play a key role in the tuna crisis. It’s time they cease trading with companies that use overfished tuna species and destructive fishing methods.
BUT before you freak out and think "geez well what CAN I eat then??" Greenpeace have created an easy to read guide that shows you the brands that use the best/least harmful methods of fishing so you can make an informed decision when purchasing tuna
GREENSEAS and COLES are the top two brands in sourcing their tuna sustainably. You can find out more information here or at http://www.greenpeace.org/australia/issues/overfishing/our-work/cannedtuna and learn more about what brands NOT to buy and more about how these brands received their ratings.
We all care about our marine life and I share this information with you so hopefully we can all just make a better choice at the supermarkets and help preserve our oceans.
information sourced from Greenpeace
Vicky x
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