“The industry suffers from a lack of coordinated action when organizations like Greenpeace irresponsibly tell consumers what not to eat -- as a recent example tuna -- but will never suggest what should be eaten instead,” said Barratt, during the IntraFish Media and Arctic Securities "Invest in Seafood" event in Hong Kong, on Sept. 8.
“With only around 2 percent of world skipjack catch taken by pole and line, the cost of converting the present purse seine volumes to pole and line would make canned tuna luxury food -- caviar perhaps -- not a staple food.”
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