The San Diego, Calif. - based American Albacore Fishing Association (AAFA) is the first
sustainable tuna fishery to be officially certified by the Marine Stewardship Council, an independent non-profit organization that promotes environmental responsibility in an industry plagued by overfishing and accidental bycatch.
Not exact matches
Their
tuna is sourced from a North Pacific
fishery which specializes in using small boats that line - catch individual
tuna using the
sustainable troll method.
In fact, we're eating more seafood than ever and more of it comes from the least
sustainable fisheries: shrimp,
tuna and salmon.
«If we want our grandchildren to have
tuna on their dinner plates and in the sea,
sustainable tuna fishing practices must be adopted,» said Meredith Lopuch, Community
Fisheries Program Director with WWF in the United States.
From raising awareness of how North Sea
Fisheries throw half their catch back dead to convincing a supermarket giant to switch to
sustainable tuna, Hugh Fearnley - Whittingstall's Fish Fight campaign is creating massive interest in the issue of
sustainable fishing.