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Article

11 Jul 2017

Author:
Bunny McDiarmid, Greenpeace (in National Geographic Ocean Views)

Tackling Tuna: How People Took On the Biggest Tuna Company and Won

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…Following two years of intense pressure by Greenpeace, environmentalists, labor unions, and human rights organizations, today Thai Union, the world’s largest tuna company, announced a breakthrough package of reforms that marks a new beginning for the seafood industry…

…Thai Union’s commitments to improve the sustainability of its seafood and help protect the workers who produce it will send ripples throughout supply chains involving many of the world’s largest seafood businesses, as well as fishing powers like China, Spain, France, Taiwan, Korea and the United States.

Thai Union will significantly reduce the amount of sharks, sea birds and turtles that are killed by the boats it sources from…

…Thai Union will develop a strict code of conduct for all vessels in its supply chain and will ensure those requirements are being met through third party audits that are publicly accessible…

…Thai Union will address this challenge by moving to full digital traceability, allowing people to track their tuna back to the vessel where it was caught and identify the fishing method used…