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Italian tuna giant Bolton commits to new sustainable goal

Greenpeace: "Reducing use of drifting FADs s a solid step in the right direction"

Italian company Bolton Group, one of the world’s largest shelf-stable seafood suppliers, has committed to source 50% of its tuna fished with selective fishing methods by 2020. The new policy amounts to a 22% increase on current levels of tuna sourced by Bolton using selective fishing methods, which include pole and line, handline and purse seiners without floating aggregate devices (FADs). According to...

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Milano, MI, Italia, 10/27/2018 17:30
EFA News - European Food Agency

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