The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization reports that more than 70 per cent of the world’s fish stocks are fully fished, overfished or exploited.
Our oceans are facing an unprecedented crisis. This has caused many Canadian grocers to think differently about the sources of the seafood they sell, prompting the development of sustainable seafood policies to help protect our oceans.
What does this mean for you? If you were asked to define what sustainable seafood means, could you do it?
According to Canadian grocer, Loblaw Companies Limited, seafood sustainability means that the type of seafood caught can maintain or increase its population in the future without harming the ecosystems from which they come.
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