Episode Details

Tuna is a big predator and consumes a wide variety of other fish, making it a vital component of the sea ecosystems. It’s also one of the most expensive fish on the planet. Yet tuna is also an affordable and widely-available source of protein around the world, and herein lies the problem. 

Can fishing Tuna ever be sustainable? Which guidelines can we follow to buy the Tuna Fish with the least impact? Is Tuna a healthy food? And most of all, can we still eat Tuna? 

Guests:

• Jack Coulton, communication & events at Slow Food International;
• Alison Laurie Neilson, Researcher at Interdisciplinary Centre for Social Sciences, CICS.NOVA at the NOVA University of Lisbon;
• Andrea Devecchi, dietist and researcher at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo, Italy.

Host & production: Valentina Gritti
Music: Leonardo Prieto Dorantes

Useful resources: 

Oceana study on Tuna fraud: https://oceana.org/reports/oceana-study-reveals-seafood-fraud-nationwide/ 
Article by The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/shortcuts/2016/jul/27/is-there-any-tuna-thats-to-eat-tesco 
Guide on how to buy Tuna: https://theconversation.com/sustainable-shopping-how-to-buy-tuna-without-biting-a-chunk-out-of-the-oceans-86229

Alison's book "A sea full of life: visions from the Azores" https://nineislands.wordpress.com  

A project by Slow Food Youth Network (SFYN)