Hey, the relationship lasted 11 years. That’s about 10 years and 10 months longer than Kim Kardashian’s.
But just days after several environmental groups took very public aim at Alaska’s ocean ranching program, several Alaska salmon processors have given notice that they’re no longer interested in the Marine Stewardship Council’s eco-certification label.
Possibly unrelated, but nonetheless interesting.
The Epoch Times reports that several environmental groups are claiming the eco-dump as a “victory”, which seems strange, given that eco-certifications actually help raise the bar on fishery and aquaculture sustainability. But hey, common sense isn’t always a strong point of environmental activists. We digress…
This recent public questioning of Alaska’s “wild” salmon sustainability has highlighted what this blog has discussed for many years now – that is – Alaska’s salmon has long been given a free pass in the seafood sustainability discussion. You can’t just pump billions of fish into the ocean and call it “sustainable fisheries management”.
Biologist Aaron Hill agrees. ”Nobody seems to talk about Alaska and what they’re doing to the (fish) populations,” Hill says.
Well, they’re starting to now Aaron.
Read the full Epoch Times report here - http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/canada/alaskan-salmon-fishery-drops-eco-certification-bc-groups-take-credit-177652.html
Its about time!
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