Supermarkets repond to the challenge of sourcing sustainable seafood
Summary
Almost a year has passed since Greenpeace first challenged the major UK retailers to ensure that the seafood they sell is sustainable. "A Recipe for Change" is a review of the progress that supermarkets have made on this issue over the last 12 months.
'All credit to Greenpeace for identifying the simple thing each of us can do to fight back against the threat to the oceans.’'
Max Hastings, The Guardian, October 2005
In the main body of the report, the new policies of each supermarket are reviewed in detail. In the final chapter, we assess this information and present the updated league table of supermarket performance.
Finally, this report demands stronger commitments within supermarkets’ sustainable seafood policies by calling for action on two urgent issues. Supermarkets must:
- Take action to radically improve the UK skate fisheries or stop selling skate altogether
- Stop selling seafood species that are caught by one of the most destructive fishing methods – beam trawling.
