GREEN farmed fish may soon be on the supermarket slab. A league table that ranks the sustainability of fisheries by where the food for fish farms is sourced will help consumers assess the environmental impact of seafood.
Farmed fish are fed oils and meal made from other fish, including anchovy, herring and sardines. This has led to declines in wild populations, and growing criticism of salmon and shrimp farms over the impact their use of feed has on marine ecosystems.
Now the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership, a non-profit group based in San Francisco, has published a sustainability league table for the…
