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Sobeys: ‘We don’t only listen to Greenpeace’

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By SeafoodSource staff
29 June, 2012 - Sobeys sells more red-listed, or harmfully fished or farmed, seafood species than any other major Canadian food retailer, says Greenpeace Canada.

Sobeys’ focus on fisheries engagement rather than removing species of concern from sale can help encourage change on the water, but the “company needs to act faster to discontinue products that do not have existing, credible, measurable improvement projects in place,” the Toronto-based environmental group said Thursday in a news release.

Species are red-listed by Greenpeace if the fishery or production methods negatively impact the fish or other marine species, lead to ecosystem alterations, have social implications or are poorly managed or corrupt.

Red-listed species Sobeys sells include farmed Atlantic salmon, Atlantic sea scallops, Atlantic cod, Atlantic halibut, haddock, yellowfin tuna and Chilean sea bass, Greenpeace said.

David Smith, Sobeys' vice-president of sustainability, said the company disagrees with Greenpeace.

“It’s their list,” he said in an interview.

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