Canned Brutality
“It’s undeniable: the science shows that industrial fishing of tropical tuna is a catastrophe for the oceans and the biodiversity they host.”
The new report, Canned Brutality, tells of “the human tragedy associated with our reckless consumption of tuna.”
“Numerous reports published over the years have denounced human trafficking, beatings, verbal abuse, debt bondage, and inhumane working conditions throughout the global tuna supply chain, from fishing boats to canning plants.”
The Canned Brutality report demonstrates the willful ignorance of States and companies.
Certificates for so-called ‘sustainable’ fishing insufficiently take human rights into account, and many exclude human rights considerations from their certification process.” They all ignore nonhuman animals’ suffering.
“The Marine Stewardship Council – MSC certification scheme, which is one of the most widely used, is also one of the worst-performing when it comes to human rights accountability … and certifies as ‘sustainable’ even the most environmentally devastating fishing techniques”.