CMF, Changing Markets Foundation (2020) The Hidden cost of farmed salmon: Exploring why Sainsbury’s farmed salmon supplier Mowi doesn’t live up to its sustainable image and what Sainsbury’s needs to do about it. Changing Markets Foundation (CMF), London.
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UK supermarket Sainsbury’s describes itself as ‘leading the way in sustainable fish’. However in our retailer scorecard, Sainsbury’s ranked below Tesco, Co-op, Waitrose, M&S and Lidl in an assessment of supermarket chains’ sustainability policy on farmed seafood, obtaining a lowly score of 20%. Sainsbury’s farmed salmon packaging states that “the salmon are fed a bespoke diet designed to protect our natural resources from overfishing”, but in reality the retailer’s farmed salmon, one of its biggest seafood sellers, is fed a diet of wild caught fish with detrimental environmental and social impacts. In addition, the briefing takes a closer look at the performance of Norwegian aquaculture giant Mowi, Sainsbury’s main salmon supplier, and finds that the company is plagued by environmental damage caused by fish escapes and worrying animal welfare issues, reflected in high salmon mortality rates, high use of antibiotics and other chemicals. It calls on Mowi to take rapid action to reform its farming practices and calls on Sainsbury’s and Mowi to commit to eliminating the use of wild-caught fish in its feed. Failing this, it urges Sainsbury’s to reconsider its seafood sourcing strategy with a view to potentially removing Mowi from its supplier list.
| Item Type: | Documents |
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| Keywords: | Farmed Salmon, Sainsbury, Super Market, Aquaculture, Overfishing, Fish Mortality, Aqua Feed, Salmon, |
| Subjects: | Aquaculture |
| Depositing User: | Chitti Babu ICSF |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Dec 2021 06:43 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Dec 2021 06:45 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/6037 |
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