Global Seafood Industry Must Adapt To Demand For uA‹A“greeneru Fish, UN Official Says

The $400-billion global seafood industry has no choice but to adapt to intensifying demand from retailers and consumers for environmentally friendly uA‹A“greeneru fish that are not taken from overexploited stocks, farmed in ponds where mangroves once stood or caught in nets that also snag endangered turtles, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). uA…aˆ?The push towards sustainable fisheries is not just coming from government or environmental groups, but from the market itself,uA‚A? FAO Fishing Industries Division Director Grimur Valdimarsson told a three-day Seafood Industry Congress which ended in Dublin, Ireland, yesterday, noting that major seafood retailers like Unilever, Tesco, Walmart and Asda have already committed to putting on their shelves only fish that was harvested or raised sustainably. uA…aˆ?In recent years the seafood industry has been uncertain as to whether these trends represent a momentary fad. Today, thereus no question: itus real, itus a sea change, and itus the way of the future,uA‚A? he said...