The NGO BLOOM has criticised the European tuna industry in two studies published on Monday 6 May, which show that “the tuna production chain is subject to obscure and misleading practices, both in terms of its carbon impact and the traceability of this chain”.
The first report, entitled ‘From Heaven to Hell’, points out that tuna seine fishing is highly polluting. “When this method is compared with pole-and-line fishing as practiced in the Maldives, a method that is infinitely...