News Conservation & Environment Spurred by consumer concerns, more grocers and suppliers are committing to sustainable seafood programs. |
Spurred by consumer concerns, more grocers and suppliers are committing to sustainable seafood programs. |
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Sustainable seafood is no flash in the frying pan. All across the United
States, supermarket operators and the companies that supply them are
rolling out stringent programs to ensure that the product they offer
green-minded consumers is as eco-friendly as possible.
Minneapolis-based Target Corp. made big waves in October when it pledged to sell only sustainable, traceable fresh and frozen seafood products by 2015 as a result of a partnership with Santa Cruz, Calif.-based FishWise. Springfield, Mass.-based Big Y also recently adopted the Marine Stewardship Council's (MSC) chain of custody certification for its fresh seafood counters. The London-based council's distinctive blue ecolabel now appears in the retailer's fresh seafood cases to help customers identify MSC-certified wild-caught product. Read the complete story from Progressive Grocer
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Monterey Bay's historic "wetfish" industry is under attack by extremist groups who claim overfishing is occurring. Touting studies with faulty calculations, activists are lobbying federal regulators to massively limit fishing, if not ban these fisheries outright. Apparently the facts don’t matter to groups with an anti-fishing agenda
