Robert De Niro Endangered Tuna

Actor Robert De Niro's restaurant chain, Nobu, has reportedly been serving an endangered breed of tuna known as the Atlantic Bluefin for years. Greenpeace investigators reportedly discovered this information after sneaking bits of several tuna dishes from Nobu to a DNA lab for analysis.¹

Fast Facts

Nobu is a restaurant chain consisting of 21 restaurants on four continents²
The restaurant chain was started by celebrity chef Nobu Matsuhisa
Robert De Niro co-owns the restaurant chain¹
Nobu is an expensive restaurant that serves sushi¹
Greenpeace has been inquiring as to what species of tuna the restaurant serves for years¹
Greenpeace is an environmental group²
Nobu owners have offered "no comment" as to the breed of tuna it uses¹
Greenpeace reportedly took samples of several tuna dishes from three London Nobu restaurants and had them analyzed¹
One of the dishes were found to be an endangered species of tuna known as Atlantic Bluefin¹
Chef Gordon Ramsay previously used Atlantic Bluefin until he found out it was endangered¹
Bluefins are endangered as a result of overfishing³
The U.S. has reportedly called for a ban on Atlantic and Medditteranean bluefin even though it isn't illegal to use them at this time³

Greenpeace: Top sushi restaurant serves endangered species (September 7, 2008)
PerezHilton: DeNiro's Restaurants Serving Endangered Tuna (September 8, 2008)
NY Daily News: Robert De Niro's Nobu restaurant called all wet on tuna (September 8, 2008)
Telegraph: Robert De Niro's restaurant chain sells endangered tuna (September 8, 2008)
Green Daily: De Niro's restaurant serves up endangered tuna (September 8, 2008)
Gawker: Nobu Busted for Secretly Selling Endangered Sushi (September 7, 2008)
Telegraph: US calls for total ban on bluefin (August 11, 2008)