Blog Archive - October 2015
Labels, Labels, Everywhere...
by Campaign for Eco-Safe Tuna
October 29, 2015
Organic. Gluten-Free. Non-GMO. Dolphin Safe. These labels drive many consumers’ buying decisions, but what do all of these labels popping up on the grocery store shelves mean and who is ensuring that they are accurate? The answers might surprise you. Some are regulated by the FDA, some are regulated by the USDA, some are regulated by third party groups and some are not regulated at all. Continue reading >
#ThrowBackTunaThursday: Are Dolphin-Safe Tuna Labels Eco-Safe?
by Fins and Fluke
October 22, 2015
Over the next few weeks we are going to be taking a look at some of the hits from the vaults--blog posts that you may have missed from the early days of the Campaign for Eco-Safe Tuna. #ThrowBackThursday around here is #ThrowBackTunaThursday. We hope you enjoy these vintage posts, sadly most of the issues we discuss in these posts have yet to be solved and are still extremely relevant today. Continue reading >
One Night in Bangkok - Part II: The Thais That Bind
by Campaign for Eco-Safe Tuna
October 14, 2015
This November, Friend of the Sea and Dolphin-Safe (aka Earth Island Institute) are hosting a meeting in Bangkok with the Thai Tuna Industry Association to reach out to retail and catering buyers. In our previous post in this three part series, we covered Friend of the Sea and Earth Island’s reputations as “environmental groups”. Today we are investigating Thailand’s track record. Continue reading >
#ThrowBackTunaThursday: Beach Chair Scientist: 3 truths on the fables about ‘dolphin-safe’ labels
by Ann McElhatton, Beach Chair Scientist
October 8, 2015
Over the next few weeks we are going to be taking a look at some of the hits from the vaults--blog posts that you may have missed from the early days of the Campaign for Eco-Safe Tuna. #ThrowBackThursday around here is #ThrowBackTunaThursday. We hope you enjoy these vintage posts, sadly most of the issues we discuss in these posts have yet to be solved and are still extremely relevant today. Continue reading >
Global Crisis: Disappearing Marine Life
by Campaign for Eco-Safe Tuna
October 6, 2015
The headlines are stark: “Marine Population Halved since 1970”…”A Massive Amount of Death is Plaguing the World’s Oceans”…“Global Overfishing has Reduced Tuna and Mackerel to Critical Levels ” and so are the numbers – “Global population sizes of the Scombridae family of food fish that includes tunas, mackerels and bonitos have fallen by 74 percent.” A recent WWF report shows that “Many species essential to commercial and subsistence fishing – and therefore global food supply – are significantly depleted due to over fishing.” Continue reading >
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