This excerpt is from an article in the Daily Hive, which looks at consumer habits on buying sustainably sourced seafood — and why more Canadians are changing their approach.
Now more than ever, Canadians are asking questions about the food they’re consuming, whether through a conversation with their server at a restaurant or the deli counter clerk at their local grocery store.
If anything, the events of the past 19 months have prompted us to be proactive about maintaining a more sustainable diet, and that also includes paying closer attention to the labels on the food we purchase.
According to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), a non-profit seafood certification program dedicated to keeping our ocean and fish stocks healthy, North Americans purchased almost 50% more certified sustainable seafood over the past year.
[MSC Canada Program Director, Kurtis] Hayne says the findings from a recent Blue Food Assessment (BFA) study estimates that the global population will demand twice as much aquatic food by 2050, conveying the urgent need to both fish and shop in a sustainable manner.