Waitrose suspends sale of mackerel due to overfishing
Supermarket chain states it will direct customers to herring and other species to safeguard threatened Atlantic stocks. Waitrose has become the first UK supermarket to suspend the sale of mackerel due to overfishing and will begin directing customers toward herring and other species. The Marine Conservation Society warned last year that stocks were at breaking point owing to overfishing, and it downgraded mackerel from a three to a four on its five-point Good Fish Guide sustainability scale. Co...
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Waitrose to suspend mackerel sales due to overfishing concerns
The supermarket chain says it will stop sourcing fresh, chilled and frozen mackerel by 29 April.
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Supermarket chain says it will point customers to herring and other species to protect threatened Atlantic stocks Waitrose has become the first UK supermarket to suspend the sale of mackerel because of overfishing and will start pointing customers toward herring and other species. The Marine Conservation Society warned last year that stocks were at breaking point owing to overfishing, and it downgraded mackerel from a three to a four on its five-point Good Fish Guide sustainability scale. Co...
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