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Greenpeace has succeeded in pressurising Thai Union, the parent company of Petit Navire, to reform its fishing practices. The reforms cover both fishing methods and labour abuse, and should be implemented by 2020.

鈥淭hai Union Group PCL has committed to measures that will tackle illegal fishing and overfishing, as well as improve the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of workers throughout the company鈥檚 supply chains,鈥� Greenpeace said in a statement.

140,000 麻豆传媒映画 wrote to the CEO of Petit Navire demanding reforms, and just one year ago, the Petit Navire plant in Douarnenez in Brittany was blocked by Greenpeace activists holding signs saying "Small ship, big carnage" next to drawings of bleeding sharks.

Thai Union uses a fish aggregating device (FAD), an object held to the ocean floor that attracts fish, particularly tuna, en masse. The devices lead to overfishing and attract 鈥榖ycatch鈥�, often endangered species such as turtles and sharks that are maimed and then thrown back into the water.

According to Greenpeace, the reforms will 鈥渞educe the number of FADs used globally in Thai Union鈥檚 supply chains by an average of 50% by 2020, while doubling the amount of verifiable FAD-free fish available in markets globally in the same period鈥�.

The reforms are aimed to 鈥渟hift significant portions of longline caught tuna to pole and line or troll-caught tuna by 2020 and implement strong requirements in place to help reduce bycatch,鈥� and to 鈥渆nsure workers at sea are being treated humanely and fairly鈥�.

There should also be a move to full digital traceability, allowing people to track their tuna back to the vessel it was caught on and identify the fishing method used.