Greenpeace Accuses Restaurant of Serving Endangered Tuna

(London, England) Greenpeace investigators went undercover to gather evidence that the restaurant chain Nobu, partly owned by actor Robert DeNiro, was selling critically endangered bluefin tuna to customers.

At three Nobu restaurants in London, investigators ordered tuna dishes described on the menu only by Japanese terms for the cut of the fish they were from.

The investigators asked that staff to identify the tuna species used, for Nobu does not specify on its menus which species of tuna it serves.

Samples were later tested to determine the type and it was found that dishes from all three were Atlantic bluefin.

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Red List classifies the bluefin tuna as critically endangered because of overfishing.

When asked to comment on the anti-endangered species practices at his restaurants, Robert DeNiro is rumored to have said, "You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me?"