Fishers and retailers say mining’s impact on tuna fishing in the Pacific might be felt on supermarket shelves around the world
Seafood groups representing a third of the world’s tuna trade as well as major supermarket suppliers are the latest groups to call for a pause on deep-sea mining, after a new study published today showed tropical tuna fishing grounds in the Pacific would overlap with mining plans.
The Global Tuna Alliance partners, which account for 32% of global tuna sales and represent Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, Asda, Marks & Spencer and Aldi in the UK, joined the Sustainable Seafood Coalition, made up of 45 British seafood firms, to condemn the rush to mine the seabed.
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