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Sustainable Seafood Markets

Out of Stock

Out of Stock

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The seafood we find in our supermarkets does not grow on trees; it is sought out in every corner of the world’s oceans or raised in aquatic farms that are increasingly occupying our global shorelines. Industrial fleets are traveling into deeper, more distant waters, employing state of the art technology in search of many species that are on the brink of commercial extinction.

The seafood we find in our supermarkets does not grow on trees; it is sought out in every corner of the world’s oceans or raised in aquatic farms that are increasingly occupying our global shorelines. Industrial fleets are traveling into deeper, more distant waters, employing state of the art technology in search of many species that are on the brink of commercial extinction.

Currently, three-quarters of our commercially valuable fish are fully exploited or overexploited, and 90 per cent of large, predatory fish such as tuna and cod are already gone. Aquaculture has yet to provide a sustainable seafood solution, and in some cases exacerbates pressure on wild stocks. As the link between the consumer and the producer, supermarkets have a unique role to play in ensuring fish for the future.

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Recent Campaign Developments

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Seafood tour reaches Atlantic Canada

(Fredericton, N.B.)—Greenpeace’s cross-country seafood tour continued in the Atlantic provinces last week, with visits to a Sobeys in Charlottetown, PEI, and a Wal-Mart in Fredericton, N.B. The purpose of the tour has been to educate consumers and supermarkets about Redlist seafood, much of which comes from the Atlantic Ocean.

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Greenpeace launches video on seafood destruction on Oceans Day

Greenpeace launched a new video on Oceans Day to highlight concerns over the destruction of seafood and the world’s oceans.

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Greenpeace blocks seafood freezer at Metro store in Hamilton

Hamilton, ON – Activists blocked access to a seafood freezer during an action at a Metro store in Hamilton that highlighted day five of the Greenpeace campaign to confront Canada’s major supermarket chains for selling Redlist seafood to customers.

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