Retailer Supports Sustainable Fisheries

I would suggest you look at what we have done here in Alaska. From quotas to science to marketing it seems to work. Our stocks are holding up well, our fisheries are safer and of course our products are superb. ( no bias of course )

Kudos to Sobey's for this stance. Whatever else one might think about Wal-Mart, they too have spearheaded some similar initiatives, as have some individual cities. A few big markets can get the ball rolling on good ideas, using market incentives rather than coercive regulations. Public awareness can also help.

Despite some learning-curve issues such as the king-crab fishery in the early 1980s, Alaska has done mostly a good job in regulating fisheries so as to promote sustained (if moderate) harvestability. The more that is known, the better this can get.