Coles Own Brand canned Skipjack and Yellowfin tuna are responsibly sourced which means the following conditions are met: Fish stocks: The fish stock where Coles Own Brand Skipjack and Yellowfin tuna are caught have been independently assessed as part of our Coles Responsibly Sourced Seafood Program.
Canned tuna brands to look for
Jude, Mind Fish Co., Ocean Naturals, Safe Catch, Wild Planet, and Whole Foods 365 are brands that offer Best Choice, Good Alternative, or certified canned tuna.
We're committed to a sustainable future. That's why Wild Tides is more than just tasty tuna – it's responsibly sourced, dolphin friendly and caught wild using FAD - free methods.
There's a wide variety of wild-caught sustainable seafood with the MSC blue fish tick label available at Woolworths. This includes family favourites such as sustainable tuna, sustainable salmon, and sustainable prawns.
Fully Certified - the world's best standard in sustainability, every time. The Marine Stewardship Council is the world's leading certification program for wild-caught, sustainable seafood. Each can of John West skipjack tuna proudly displays its blue certification ecolabel.
Best in breed
If the tin doesn't list the type of tuna, don't buy it. Brands with decent credentials include Fish 4 Eva, John West, Safcol and Sirena. Aldi and Coles own-brand cans are OK, too, but check each for breed and catch method.
Simply Balanced skipjack and albacore tuna. Under its Simply Balanced brand, Target sources skipjack and albacore from pole and line fisheries that result in negligible impacts on other marine life.
Skipjack are the smallest of the major tuna species, while yellowfin are larger. So, the fact the canned tuna in Australian cupboards is likely to contain smaller species is already a bonus when it comes to reducing mercury risk.
Our commitment to sustainability is paramount to our business: 100% of our tuna is pole and line caught. Pole and line is the most sustainable catching method presently available and means catching fish by hand, one at a time.
Tuna, wild caught in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean using FAD-free Purse Seine fishing methods.
Safe Catch Elite Tuna, simply the lowest mercury tuna of any brand.
In general, it is safe for all population groups, including pregnant women, to consume 2-3 serves of any type of tuna per week (canned or fresh). Canned tuna generally has lower levels of mercury than other tuna because the tuna used for canning are smaller species that are generally caught when less than 1 year old.
SAFCOL TUNA
was founded in 1945 by a group of South Australian Fishermen to sell their catch; the first of its kind in Australia. This connection with the craft and the catch has been constant throughout our history.
"If you see 'thunnus' or 'genus thunnus', it simply means tuna. Look for skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis), which is considered the most sustainable tuna."
Interesting to know: all the pole and line products (except Woolworths') are skipjack tuna, which is significantly lower in mercury than yellowfin (which Sirena is full of).
Sirena Tuna Quality
Established in 1956 Sirena is still 100% Australian owned.
Sirena is an Australian brand of canned premium chunk style tuna which began as a passion for good food and a desire to share great tasting food with the community. After immigrating to Australia in 1949, Carlo Valmorbida and his family embarked on a project to bring Italy's best loved foods to Australia.
There are two main kinds of canned tuna: chunk light and solid or chunk white (albacore). All canned white tuna is albacore. Its mercury levels are almost three times higher than the smaller skipjack tuna, used in most canned light tuna products.
Yellowfin and albacore tuna land somewhere in between, containing around 30 micrograms of mercury per 3 ounces. Given these mercury concentrations, people may safely consume three to four servings of low-mercury tuna per week. Higher mercury tuna should be restricted to one serving per week.
What are the most sustainable types of seafood? The most sustainable picks range from farmed favorites such as tilapia and arctic char, to wild-caught stars like albacore tuna and rockfish.
Two bluefin, a yellowfin, and an albacore tuna species are no longer critically endangered — surprising scientists. Tuna are some of the open ocean's fastest and strongest predators.
Tuna Is High in Mercury
Symptoms of mercury poisoning include dizziness and loss of coordination and balance. Pet parents should keep albacore tuna, in particular, away from cats because it "is from a larger species of tuna with mercury levels almost three times higher (than chunk-light)," says Heinze.