Hey Friends!
This week, the major supermarket Giant Foods announced they are going to stop selling Chilean sea bass, orange roughy and shark. These 3 fish rank among the most imperiled on the Greenpeace seafood red list. This is a step in the right direction for protecting the oceans and it’s thanks to activists like you who demanded supermarkets change their seafood buying policies. Let’s keep the victories coming and pressure other supermarkets to follow Giant’s lead.
Every day in our oceans, sea turtles are caught up in fishing nets, bottom trawlers scrape the ocean floors, and fish are being hauled in by the hundreds of thousands. The global seafood industry is causing massive damage to ocean ecosystems.
Because they buy this seafood and sell it to the public, your local grocery store plays a huge role in the health of the world’s oceans.
That is why Greenpeace is shining the spotlight on supermarkets and demanding that they help put an end to ocean destruction. In an interactive report released in June, Greenpeace called on the top U.S. supermarkets to improve their seafood purchasing policies and move towards sustainable seafood practices. Because of activists like you, the report received wide spread media attention and thousands of people wrote the supermarket industry demanding they change their ways. It looks like Ahold, the owner of Giant Foods, got your message!
For the Oceans!
Chris
Greenpeace USA
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