{"id":4894,"date":"2013-06-07T11:21:13","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T15:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/?p=4894"},"modified":"2014-10-10T14:36:24","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T18:36:24","slug":"how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2013\/06\/07\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\/","title":{"rendered":"How Sustainable is your Supermarket\u2019s Seafood Case?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"sustainability<\/a>
ImageCredit: Greenpeace, from “Carting Away the Oceans 2013” Report<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last week, Greenpeace USA released the seventh edition of their popular Carting Away the Oceans<\/a> report, which ranks the sustainable seafood performance of the nation\u2019s 20 largest supermarket chains. Industry leaders like Wegmans (a former EDF partner on salmon<\/a> and shrimp<\/a> sourcing), Whole Foods and Safeway once again scored in the top five, while Winn Dixie, Publix and Supervalu perennially find themselves at the bottom of the rankings.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s report places extra emphasis on the ways that these companies approach pressing conservation policy issues, such as the approval of genetically-modified salmon, the advancement of industry-wide seafood traceability, and catch methods for canned tuna.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the report\u2019s biggest surprise was the improvement shown by prepared foods leader Trader Joe\u2019s, which rocketed up 12 spots (from 15th<\/sup> in 2012 to 3rd<\/sup> this year). This comes just weeks after public scrutiny of the company\u2019s follow-through<\/a> on its 2012 sustainable seafood promise. However, Greenpeace gave Trader Joe\u2019s a major pat on the back for removing several unsustainable species from their inventory and switching to better sources of canned tuna.<\/p>\n

Although we don\u2019t always agree with our Greenpeace colleagues about the composition of their \u2018red list\u2019, we were happy to see them recognize the improving sustainability of Gulf of Mexico red snapper and grouper – fisheries that EDF has worked in for more than a decade<\/a>. They even gave a nod to EDF partner H-E-B<\/a> for their strong support of the GulfWild<\/a> traceability program.<\/p>\n

So until next year\u2019s edition, try to use your seafood dollars to support companies that are on the right track. If you are uncertain about the right species to purchase, you can refer to our recently revamped \u201cSeafood Selector<\/a>.\u201d Let\u2019s hope that the good continue to get better and the not-so-good get serious about seafood sustainability.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week, Greenpeace USA released the seventh edition of their popular Carting Away the Oceans report, which ranks the sustainable seafood performance of the nation\u2019s 20 largest supermarket chains. Industry leaders like Wegmans (a former EDF partner on salmon and shrimp sourcing), Whole Foods and Safeway once again scored in the top five, while Winn …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1932,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[378],"tags":[42668,72532,639],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-4894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seafood","tag-gulfwild","tag-seafood","tag-sustainable-seafood"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHow Sustainable is your Supermarket\u2019s Seafood Case? - EDFish<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2013\/06\/07\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Sustainable is your Supermarket\u2019s Seafood Case? - EDFish\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Last week, Greenpeace USA released the seventh edition of their popular Carting Away the Oceans report, which ranks the sustainable seafood performance of the nation\u2019s 20 largest supermarket chains. Industry leaders like Wegmans (a former EDF partner on salmon and shrimp sourcing), Whole Foods and Safeway once again scored in the top five, while Winn ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2013\/06\/07\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"EDFish\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-06-07T15:21:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-10-10T18:36:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2013\/06\/CATOscorecard-300x214.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tim Fitzgerald\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tim Fitzgerald\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/edfish\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/07\\\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/edfish\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/07\\\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tim Fitzgerald\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/edfish\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5e872afa78022960c12c2cc5638bbe99\"},\"headline\":\"How Sustainable is your Supermarket\u2019s Seafood Case?\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-06-07T15:21:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-10-10T18:36:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/edfish\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/07\\\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":325,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/edfish\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/07\\\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/edfish\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/18\\\/files\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/CATOscorecard-300x214.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"GulfWild\",\"Seafood\",\"Sustainable Seafood\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Seafood\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/edfish\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/07\\\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/edfish\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/07\\\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/edfish\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/07\\\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\\\/\",\"name\":\"How Sustainable is your Supermarket\u2019s Seafood Case? - EDFish\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/edfish\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/edfish\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/07\\\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/edfish\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/07\\\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/edfish\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/18\\\/files\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/CATOscorecard-300x214.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-06-07T15:21:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-10-10T18:36:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/edfish\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5e872afa78022960c12c2cc5638bbe99\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/edfish\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/07\\\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/edfish\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/07\\\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/edfish\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/07\\\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/edfish\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/18\\\/files\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/CATOscorecard-300x214.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/edfish\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/18\\\/files\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/CATOscorecard-300x214.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/edfish\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/07\\\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/edfish\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How Sustainable is your Supermarket\u2019s Seafood Case?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/edfish\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/edfish\\\/\",\"name\":\"EDFish\",\"description\":\"Innovating for healthy oceans\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/edfish\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/edfish\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5e872afa78022960c12c2cc5638bbe99\",\"name\":\"Tim Fitzgerald\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edf.org\\\/people\\\/timothy-fitzgerald\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/edfish\\\/author\\\/tfitzgerald\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How Sustainable is your Supermarket\u2019s Seafood Case? - EDFish","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2013\/06\/07\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How Sustainable is your Supermarket\u2019s Seafood Case? - EDFish","og_description":"Last week, Greenpeace USA released the seventh edition of their popular Carting Away the Oceans report, which ranks the sustainable seafood performance of the nation\u2019s 20 largest supermarket chains. Industry leaders like Wegmans (a former EDF partner on salmon and shrimp sourcing), Whole Foods and Safeway once again scored in the top five, while Winn ...","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2013\/06\/07\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\/","og_site_name":"EDFish","article_published_time":"2013-06-07T15:21:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-10-10T18:36:24+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2013\/06\/CATOscorecard-300x214.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Tim Fitzgerald","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tim Fitzgerald","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2013\/06\/07\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2013\/06\/07\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\/"},"author":{"name":"Tim Fitzgerald","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/#\/schema\/person\/5e872afa78022960c12c2cc5638bbe99"},"headline":"How Sustainable is your Supermarket\u2019s Seafood Case?","datePublished":"2013-06-07T15:21:13+00:00","dateModified":"2014-10-10T18:36:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2013\/06\/07\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\/"},"wordCount":325,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2013\/06\/07\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2013\/06\/CATOscorecard-300x214.jpg","keywords":["GulfWild","Seafood","Sustainable Seafood"],"articleSection":["Seafood"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2013\/06\/07\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2013\/06\/07\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2013\/06\/07\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\/","name":"How Sustainable is your Supermarket\u2019s Seafood Case? - EDFish","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2013\/06\/07\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2013\/06\/07\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2013\/06\/CATOscorecard-300x214.jpg","datePublished":"2013-06-07T15:21:13+00:00","dateModified":"2014-10-10T18:36:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/#\/schema\/person\/5e872afa78022960c12c2cc5638bbe99"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2013\/06\/07\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2013\/06\/07\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2013\/06\/07\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2013\/06\/CATOscorecard-300x214.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2013\/06\/CATOscorecard-300x214.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2013\/06\/07\/how-sustainable-is-your-supermarkets-seafood-case\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How Sustainable is your Supermarket\u2019s Seafood Case?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/","name":"EDFish","description":"Innovating for healthy oceans","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/#\/schema\/person\/5e872afa78022960c12c2cc5638bbe99","name":"Tim Fitzgerald","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.edf.org\/people\/timothy-fitzgerald"],"url":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/author\/tfitzgerald\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1932"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4894"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}