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Judith Proctor ([personal profile] watervole) wrote2011-12-10 01:55 pm
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Where to buy sustainable fish

 Once again, Co-op and Marks and Spencer top the list of retailers when it comes to selling fish from sustainable sources.  They are the only  places where I'll buy fish, unless I see an MSC logo.

Sainsbury and Waitrose came out reasonably well, but those down the bottom of the list are doing nothing at all to preserve our dwindling fish stocks.

Full details are here.

The Marine Stewarship Council have now produced an app for you to quickly find out if the fish you're looking at is from endangered stocks.  Download it here.
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[personal profile] epistrophia 2011-12-11 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmph. iPhone app. Of COURSE it is. Sigh...

(Otherwise, thank you for this. I'm just glad that we have a decent Co-op nearby.)
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[identity profile] lizblackdog.livejournal.com 2011-12-10 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm relieved to see Alaskan pollock is okay, I practically live on that.

[identity profile] sammason.livejournal.com 2011-12-10 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks for this. Did you make a typo in 'Marine Stewarship Council have not produced an app'? I think you might have intended to say 'have now produced'.
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[identity profile] watervole.livejournal.com 2011-12-10 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Dang! Thought I'd edited that typo...
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[personal profile] yalovetz 2011-12-10 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I only buy fish here at Aldi, for the same reasons. They're the only supermarket who stock canned fish with the MSC stamp.
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[identity profile] watervole.livejournal.com 2011-12-11 09:49 am (UTC)(link)
Salmon by any chance? That seems to be the easiest sustainable tinned fish to find. I often get lunch from a sandwich shop that uses the correct brand.
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[personal profile] yalovetz 2011-12-11 11:18 am (UTC)(link)
No, tuna, mackerel, and herring.

I was surprised Aldi didn't fare well in this survey. Maybe they got marked a non starter because they simply didn't respond? Or maybe UK Aldi is substantially different from Australian Aldi?
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[identity profile] watervole.livejournal.com 2011-12-11 12:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Probably a big difference between countries.

Plus it depends on the overall policy and not just one or two individual items.

Co-op don't sell ANY fish that isn't sustainable.

[identity profile] wibble-puppy.livejournal.com 2011-12-11 11:32 am (UTC)(link)
Interesting stuff - thanks for sharing this info. I only buy tinned tuna from Sainsbury's, who are doing well with their tuna policy - bonus is that it tastes the nicest of all the types I've tried. Drawback is that the nearest branch is an hour and a half away.

[identity profile] jon-a-five.livejournal.com 2011-12-11 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
We get fish from our local Farmers Market. All caught around the Thames Estuary.

Sainsburys 'basics' fish fingers are pollack so I sometimes get them as they're not cod.
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