Blue Marine Foundation calls UK retailers hypocrites for selling FAD-caught tuna

The Blue Marine Foundation, an environmental non-governmental organization, has criticized U.K. retailers that claim to oppose the use of drifting fish-aggregating devices (dFADs) while still selling tuna caught using them.Blue Marine Foundation’s Head of Investigations Jess Rattle, the author of the study, said there are startling disparities between U.K. retailers’ own-label canned tuna and the brand-name tuna they sell alongside it.U.K. retailers are well aware of the damage that dFADs cause to fragile marine habitats and important tuna stocks, according to Rattle, evidenced by many acknowledging the consequences of such practices in their own-label sourcing policies. However, they then turn a blind eye to brand-name, FAD-caught tuna on their shelves, Rattle said. A new Blue Marine Foundation report, “The U.K.’s Tuna Blind Spot,” has found that several knowingly continue to sell brand-name canned tuna stemming from purse-seine fleets.The report is the culmination of a six-month ...