Udtrykt i tal udgør tun mere end 60% af den samlede fiskekonservesproduktion i EU, hvor den skaber ca. 40.000 direkte arbejdspladser.
My final point is that, with regard to labelling catches as tuna-friendly and purchasing dolphin-friendly tuna, we must be sure that practices are genuinely tuna- and dolphin-friendly, that there is no huge by-catch with caught tuna and that people do not purchase such products because they think they are both conservation-friendly and by-catch-friendly, when, in fact, a large number of turtles, sharks and dolphins are evidently being caught.