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Light Meat Shredded Tuna with Tomato & Herb 85 g

Woolworths

Woolworths' light meat shredded tuna with tomatoes and herbs is made with Skipjack Tuna and is caught by hook and line one at a time while supporting fishing communities, protecting our oceans and future stocks of tuna.

Serving suggestions:

Quick & easy to use.

Use in sandwiches or salads. Use as a flavourful filling in wraps with crunchy salad ingredients. Pop into a lunch box with any savoury crackers of your choice. Easy to use during hikes or camping.

Preserved

Skipjack Tuna

Pole-and-line

South Africa

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At A Glance

Caught one-by-one by hook and line Skipjack tuna: The skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, used in our private label tuna is sourced from fishermen in the Maldives who use a centuries-old method that involves one fisher using one pole, line and hook to catch one fish at a time – something that requires great strength and dexterity by the fisher. It is one of the most selective ways to catch tuna, significantly reducing bycatch and harm to other marine life. Pole-and-line fisheries are also socially responsible as they help ensure the economic viability and resilience of local coastal communities.

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Fishing for the Future: Fishing for the Future ensures that all our seafood is responsibly sourced and fully traceable to the fishing boats that supply us. By supporting sustainable fisheries we can make a difference together.

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Maldives pole-and-line skipjack tuna

Indian Ocean

The Maldives pole-and-line skipjack fishery has been operating for centuries and has been the lifeline of the Maldivian economy since before the boom of the tourism industry in the mid 1970s. The fishery not only provides a large proportion of the country’s income from the tuna trade and export, but also provides one of the only sources of protein for the Maldivian population, also contributing to a stable livelihood. The Maldivian pole-and-line fishery is located in the Arabian Sea within the Indian Ocean.

Maldives

Skipjack Tuna

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Woolworths

"Woolies" is a leading retailer with their own values and passions for quality and sustainability being reflected in their long list of community engagement projects and sustainable products, including their pole-and-line caught private label tuna.

South Africa

Years of IPNLF Membership

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Pole-and-line

This fishing method provides the most selective targeting of tuna possible, with minimal bycatch of non-target fish and marine wildlife like dolphins, turtles and sharks. Pole-and-line fishing targets schools of tuna near the ocean surface, and therefore only needs to use short lengths of line on each pole, typically 5-10m.

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Skipjack Tuna

Skipjack are generally smaller in size compared to other tuna species and also have shorter lifecycles, meaning they can start reproducing very early, after only one year. This has benefits for sustainability, and makes it one of the most abundant tuna species.

Atlantic Ocean

Indian Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Katsuwonus pelamis

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