The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) is calling on media and industry to research and question Greenpeace’s latest fund raising campaign, which “uses tuna as a poster child for its fund raising efforts”.
The latest campaign is designed to rank US canned tuna companies and solicit donations from supporters – something the NIF says is “non-scientific, non-transparent and completely subjective rankings”, which it goes on to say are one of the “thinnest offerings Greenpeace has ever promoted”.
The NFI goes on to highlight that Greenpeace is the same group that refuses to join the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF’s) ongoing dialogue about tuna sustainability.
The Foundation, a partnership between global tuna canners (including Bumble Bee, Chicken of the Sea and Starkist), scientists and WWF, is the premier tuna conservation group.
“Reporters and producers might find it odd that Greenpeace doesn’t even acknowledge a group whose mission is to undertake science-based initiatives for the long-term conservation and sustainable use of tuna stocks yet they will rank companies who participate in such group,” the NFI said in a recent statement about the matter.
Now, the NFI is urging the media to research Greenpeace’s strategy and “push for scrutiny” on its unpublished methodology.
“Greenpeace is a multinational behemoth with a US$300m a year operating budget. It has spent a grand total of zero dollars on tuna science,” the NFI concluded. “This latest promotion is anemic at best.”
