Page - March 6, 2009
Seafood surveys done by Greenpeace volunteers show that Canada’s eight largest supermarkets are selling many of the species on our redlist. Check out the list below for your supermarket and contact the manager to ask that these species be removed from the shelves!
Redlist Species found in Canadian Supermarkets
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Loblaws |
Metro |
Sobeys |
Safeway |
Wal-Mart |
Overtwaitea |
Costco |
| Atlantic Haddock (scrod) |
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| Atlantic cod |
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| Atlantic halibut |
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| Atlantic salmon (farmed) |
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| Atlantic sea scallops |
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| Chilean seabass |
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| Greenland halibut |
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| Hard shell clams (Arctic surfclams) |
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| New Zealand hoki |
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| Orange roughy |
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| Sharks |
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| Skates and rays |
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| Swordfish |
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| Tropical shrimps and prawns |
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| Tuna (Bigeye) |
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| Tuna (Bluefin) |
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| Tuna (Yellowfin) |
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These data were compiled through visits to close to a hundred
supermarkets by volunteers, members and friends of Greenpeace. The
retailers were then invited to confirm or correct the information.
Note that some stores offer a very limited range of fish and
seafood, which could explain the limited numbers of fish on the
Redlist that are sold.