FishWise Retailers Lead the Industry in Sustainable Seafood

Today, Greenpeace released an update to their Carting Away the Oceans campaign that ranks grocery retailers across the US on their sustainable seafood policies and practices.

Thanks to the collaboration between FishWise and our retail partners, both big and small, every participating company has increased its overall score since last year. FishWise partners have the highest scores in the country and are taking an important stand for the health of our oceans. Major reasons for these increases are the support for policy initiatives such as bycatch reduction and the creation of marine reserves, as well as increases in the overall proportion of seafood covered by their sustainable seafood policies. Our partners have shown that its possible to support ocean conservation and be profitable at the same time. The FishWise approach is clearly at the leading edge, as we work with players throughout the supply chain to redefine what it means to be a responsible seafood company.

Special congratulations and recognition go to Sacramento Natural Foods which is the top ranked retailer in California, as well as Safeway which jumped from #4 last year to become the highest ranked national retailer. Together, FishWise retail partners should be extremely proud of their performance as they are truly advancing leadership in sustainable seafood.

Congratulations to all FishWise retailers that improved their scores!

• Bi-Rite Market - 87%
• BriarPatch Co-op Community Market - 86%
• Davis Food Co-op - 86%
• The Co-op Natural Food Stores of New Hampshire and Vermont - 83%
• Metcalfe’s Market - 83.25%
• The Natural Grocery Company - 83.5%
• New Frontiers Natural Marketplace - 82.75%
• New Leaf Community Markets - 86.5%
• Nugget Markets - 83%
• Sacramento Natural Foods - 90.5%
• Surf Supermaket - 86%
• Safeway- 64.61%

Follow this link to download the full report.