European restaurants stop serving bluefin tuna in support of Mediterranean conservation effort
Last updated 11/5/2008 11:23:14 PM
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European restaurants Moshi Moshi in the UK and Memento in Spain – have stopped buying Mediterranean bluefin tuna in response to fears of an imminent collapse of bluefin tuna stocks in the Mediterranean.
In addition a major Japanese retailer Seiyu has declared it will not buy bluefin tuna from the Mediterranean as long as stocks remain in danger of collapse.
“We replaced bluefin on our menus with other tuna species – such as yellowfin, albacore and bigeye – and sushi lovers still keep coming,” said Caroline Bennett, founder and owner of Moshi Moshi.
“If we eat too much bluefin tuna today, there will be none left tomorrow.”
World Wildlife Fund is campaigning for the European Commission delegation at International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) to support the scientifically recommended conservation plan at their meeting in Dubrovnik on 26 November.