{"id":1552,"date":"2012-08-25T12:22:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-25T19:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.riseaboveitmedia.com\/bfp\/?p=1552"},"modified":"2012-08-25T12:22:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-25T19:22:00","slug":"tuna-for-tomorrow-seperating-fact-from-fiction-about-the-future-of-tuna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/raimstudio.com\/h\/bfp\/tuna-for-tomorrow-seperating-fact-from-fiction-about-the-future-of-tuna\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuna for Tomorrow – Seperating fact from fiction about the future of tuna"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you enjoy Fishing and Eating Tuna, then make sure to take some time to check out this site.<\/p>\n

Tuna for Tomorrow<\/a> is a campaign to combat misinformation about sustainable stocks of tuna fished by the America\u2019s leading canned tuna brands. Radical environmental activists have for years distorted the true status of tuna stocks worldwide claiming overfishing of species that are not overfished in order to further their own goals.<\/p>\n

\"\"Skipjack is the species usually sold as \u201cchunk light\u201d tuna and albacore tuna is sold as \u201csolid white.\u201d According to a consensus of scientists, stocks of skipjack and albacore are plentiful and being fished sustainably to ensure that future generations of families enjoy canned tuna too.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, despite all the scientifically driven data to the contrary, radical activists, like Greenpeace, are campaigning to save tuna that don\u2019t need saving. Apparently motivated by their own budgeted obligations \u2014 which include a $32 million yacht and operating expenses running nearly $700,000 per day \u2014 we believe that Greenpeace has fabricated a crisis for fundraising purposes.<\/p>\n

Among their tactics is a campaign to eliminate purse seine (or net) fishing that uses Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs); Greenpeace is compelling grocers to sell canned tuna from FAD-free sources or from pole and line fisheries. The presumed threat is a mobilized boycott and protest against retailers who don\u2019t comply. Pole and line fishing, though fun for weekend anglers, is woefully inefficient when it comes to meeting the nutritional needs of a nation. Last year, Americans purchase 50 million cases of canned tuna. Pole and line could only supply 4 million cases worldwide.<\/p>\n

If Greenpeace has its way, not only would canned tuna disappear from grocers\u2019 shelves, the paltry supply that gets to market would cost a lot more. Aside from its great taste and all of its nutritional benefits, canned tuna is also affordable (at least for now). If supply shrinks and demand stays the same, millions of consumers will be denied \u2014 be it by choice or by cost.<\/p>\n

Tuna for Tomorrow is sponsored by the National Fisheries Institute. NFI is a non-profit organization dedicated to education about seafood safety, sustainability and nutrition. For more information about NFI, please visit our website at aboutseafood.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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