Red light for deepwater shrimp – again – Göteborgs-Posten

Red light for deepwater shrimp – again – Göteborgs-Posten

Red light for deepwater shrimp – again. Continued poor control of dumping is the cause, according to the WWF, World Wildlife Fund, which thus urges consumers to choose another from the fish counter.

Each year delivers the WWF’s seafood guide that will help consumers to eat seafood that is sustainably fished. The long term goal is that it should only be sustainable fish products in trade.

Read more, fishing guide through the external link.

Last year, the West Coast’s most powerful symbol of deepwater shrimp red light. The species is given a red light should we stop eating according to the organization.

But Göteborg continued to eat their shrimp.

WWF admits that it looks brighter , based on ICES ICES, assessment that the stock is going up. But with a large reservation.

– It is not the fish only part that has increased, but småräka that should be left in the sea. The increase must also be related to the previous low level, underscores Inger Naslund, WWF fisheries expert.

In particular, the organization of official controls of the drafts of småräka is too bad. From the Swedish shrimp trawlers are dumped most of all in the Nordic countries, according to ICES. But then draft the ban took effect in 2009, the authorities have only taken a suspect shrimp boats.

To the shrimp fishery to be assessed sustainably should the stock be good, drafts cease and management function, according to the WWF, and the proposal is joint control within the Nordic region of the three countries fishing in the same waters.

The consumers can do to influence, according to Inger Naslund, is choosing organic shrimp. There are frozen from Norway and Greenland and fresh from northern Norway.

When WWF today, Tuesday, presents its updated seafood guide are also some positive news. For the first time, the ASC certified tiger prawns green light, as MSC-labeled lobsters from the Skagerrak and Kattegat.

Fish Guide is now available as an app and will give us consumers to-date guidance on the food fish and shellfish that we should avoid adding that “you as a consumer can contribute to a more sustainable fisheries and aquaculture by making a conscious choice when buying seafood”. These are marked with a red light.

The fish and seafood we WWF should be wary of are marked with yellow light and those that we can eat with a clear conscience has been given the green light.

WWF’s long-term goals is that it should only be sustainable fish products in trade and recommends consumers and purchasers to ask for products labeled with the MSC, Marine Stewardship Council, ASC, Aquaculture Stewardship Council, or Requirements.

All seafood products bearing the MSC, ASC or requirements will automatically receive the green light, even if they are not named in the WWF’s Guide.