{"id":116869,"date":"2024-03-28T08:57:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T03:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/?post_type=newss&#038;p=116869"},"modified":"2024-03-28T08:57:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T03:27:41","slug":"in-london-merfolk-protest-against-devastating-impact-of-industrial-tuna-fishing-practices","status":"publish","type":"newss","link":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/newss\/in-london-merfolk-protest-against-devastating-impact-of-industrial-tuna-fishing-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"In London \u2018merfolk\u2019 protest against devastating impact of industrial tuna fishing practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMERFOLK\u201d took to Piccadilly Circus in London today to protest at the devastating impact of industrial tuna fishing practices.<\/p>\n<p>Campaigners from Ocean Rebellion opened a giant John West tin containing people dressed as merfolk ensnared by drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (dFADs) in front of a Tesco which sells the brand.<\/p>\n<p>DFADS are floating debris \u2014 often plastic \u2014 that attract tuna and species including endangered sharks and turtles.<\/p>\n<p>Once they have collected marine life, a large net is dropped into the ocean to hoist all the animals out.<\/p>\n<p>Activists say that everything is slaughtered except the tuna.<\/p>\n<p>Campaigners dressed as John West officials cheerfully watched the merfolk as they munched their tuna pasta salads.<\/p>\n<p>Fishers held banners saying \u201cMSC certified lies\u201d referencing the Marine Stewardship Council , which certify dFAD tuna fisheries as sustainable.<\/p>\n<p>Activist Michael Collins said: \u201cIf going to Tesco and buying John West tuna means you\u2019re supporting cruelty to whales, dolphins and turtles, and destroying Indian Ocean ecosystems into the bargain, then just opt out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can cut back on industrially caught tuna, and go elsewhere for our weekly shop.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":5,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[177],"tags":[408],"region":[1916],"source":[2670],"country":[9067],"state":[],"city":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newss\/116869"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newss"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/newss"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newss\/116869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116870,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newss\/116869\/revisions\/116870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116869"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=116869"},{"taxonomy":"source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/source?post=116869"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=116869"},{"taxonomy":"state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/state?post=116869"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=116869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}