I just came across this article, and thought it was great….
Loblaw, Sobey’s, Metro, Wal-Mart, Costco, Safeway, Overwaitea and Federated Cooperatives are all targeted by Greenpeace in a new 56-page report, Out of Stock: Canadian Supermarkets and the Future of Seafood.
The document says that 75 percent of the world’s fisheries are either “fully exploited,” “over exploited” or “significantly depleted.” Large, commercially valuable species are already 90 per cent gone, and Canadian aquaculture (fish farming) has yet to provide a sustainable seafood solution and, in some cases, exacerbates pressure on wild stocks.
Supermarkets sell 63 percent of the seafood eaten in Canada, including many vulnerable species detailed in Greenpeace’s “Red List.”
A Greenpeace survey shows that Canadian consumers would choose sustainable seafood if supermarkets provided them with the information they need to make better choices.
Red List species sold in Canadian supermarkets that are the most at risk of commercial extinction include:
–Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
–Atlantic Halibut
–Atlantic Cod
–Sharks
–Skates
–Orange Roughy
–New Zealand Hoki
Support the ocean environment by avoiding Red List fish and ask your supermarket to stop selling them. For more information visit www.greenpeace.org/canada/
by Sandra Tonn, RHN
Source: Health Action Magazine Fall 2008
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