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Frozen Fish

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    Industry Alert: Overfishing

Overfished

Today, around 5 per cent of the world's entire fish catch, by weight, is tuna and the global tuna business is worth around $5.5bn. All of the 23 identified, commercially exploited stocks are heavily fished; at least nine of these are classified as fully fished and a further four classified as overexploited or depleted. Three stocks are classified as 'critically endangered', three as 'endangered', and three as 'vulnerable to extinction'. The magnificent and iconic southern bluefin tuna has been reduced by some 95 per cent of stocks before 1950.  [Behind the Label: Tinned tuna]
  • Know how your tuna was caught. The vast majority of fished tuna is caught by large commercial fishing vessels using one of two methods: long-line fishing and purse seining. Both methods produce by-catch in large numbers. Where possible choose tuna caught by other methods such as Pole and line fishing, or bait-boat fishing, which are very selective and eliminate the problem of by-catch, and have significantly smaller environmental impact.   [AMCS: focus on fishing gear]
  • Make informed seafood choices with GoodFish, Australia's Sustainable Seafood Guide, produced by the Australian Marine Conservation Society.  [GoodFish]
  • Ask your retailer these three questions to help protect our oceans and fisheries. 1. What is it and where was it caught? 2. How was it caught? 3. Do you have a policy for sourcing only truly sustainable seafood? See Greenpeace's Red List Fish for list of species to avoid.   [Red List Fish]
  • See Greenpeace's Canned Tuna Guide.  [Canned Tuna Guide]

Energy for freezing

For frozen foods, most of the energy is used in freezing the product and then keeping it at that temperature from the factory to the freezer section of the grocery store.
  • Buy fresh foods instead of frozen where possible.
  • Avoid imported frozen foods that have not only been transported a long way but require constant energy to stay frozen all the way.
BRAND COMPANY OWNED RATING
Ocean Chef  Pacific West Australia   (Golden Fresh) MYS  Some praise, no criticism2
Pacific West some products MSC certified some products MSC certified Pacific West Australia   (Golden Fresh) MYS  Some praise, no criticism2
Top Hat  Top Hat Fine Foods   Australian Owned  No rating3
Ocean House  Trang's   Australian Owned  No rating3
Ocean Royale  Aldi Australia   (Aldi South) GER  Praises, some criticism4
Just Caught  KB Food Co   (Legend Holdings) CHN  Praises, some criticism4
KB's  KB Food Co   (Legend Holdings) CHN  Praises, some criticism4
Sealord some products MSC certified some products MSC certified Sealord   NZL  Praises, some criticism4
Bird's Eye some products MSC certified some products MSC certified Simplot Australia   (Simplot) USA  Praises, some criticism4
I & J  Simplot Australia   (Simplot) USA  Praises, some criticism4
John West  Simplot Australia   (Simplot) USA  Praises, some criticism4
Neptune  Simplot Australia   (Simplot) USA  Praises, some criticism4
Clearly Premium  Gourmet Food   (Mondelez) USA  Criticisms6
Ocean Blue  Gourmet Food   (Mondelez) USA  Criticisms6
Huon  Huon Aqua   (JBS) BRA  Criticisms6
Superior Gold  Tassal   (Cooke) CAN  Criticisms6
Tassal  Tassal   (Cooke) CAN  Criticisms6
Yumi's  Yumi's Quality Foods   (Wittington Investments) UK  Criticisms6



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