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Award-winning King's Road eatery sushinho has become the first
high-end sushi restaurant in London to completely remove tuna from
its menu. sushinho's decision comes in the wake of the EU nations'
recent decision to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic
bluefin tuna until stocks recover.
Last year, scientists reported that the bluefin's decline had been so
extreme that a trade ban was in order. They calculated that the stock
is now at approximately 15% of the level it was at in the era before
industrial fishing began.
Meanwhile, yellowfin tuna - although less endangered than bluefin -
is still over fished, and will likely suffer all the more as a
consequence of bluefin being banned.
Says sushinho's owner Oliver Girardet: "With half of the fish
eaten in Europe dished up in restaurants, it is time that restaurants
such as sushinho took the lead and stopped demand at source.
"We owe it not only to this generation, but to generations to come."
Should global tuna stock return to a healthy level, or a source be
found from which sushinho can obtain sustainable and responsibly
caught tuna, the restaurant will then consider putting tuna back on
the menu.
sushinho, 312-314 King's Road, London, SW3 5UH - 020 7349 7496 |
