Monday, August 10, 2009

Sea change in store for supermarkets?

Environmental groups that have been sounding urgent alarms about dramatic declines in fish and seafood stocks are taking Canadian supermarkets to task for the role they play in the emptying of the oceans.
A global study entitled History of Marine Animal Populations, presented in May at the Oceans Past conference in Vancouver, has intensified concern about the looming crisis. Marine researchers combing through historical records covering the past 2,000 years have determined there are 85 to 90 per cent fewer fish and marine mammals today than there once were. Read more here, http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/08/07/f-seafood.html

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Looking forward to your comments, Barry.