Sale in supermarket chains and retail stores such as diet products and fish farmed salmon detailed or fed with krill why is this happening The “looting” of AntarcticaAccording to a report by the Changing Markets Foundation released this Thursday, World Cyrillic Day.
Krill is a small crustacean that lives in Antarctic waters. Capable of removing carbon from the atmosphere equivalent to the emissions of 35 million vehicles per yearmaking it a “foundational” species for the health of the planet and the fight against climate change, explains the document.
“Looting” Antarctic krill
Under the heading “Krill, baby, krill: companies profiting from plundering Antarctica” (“Krill, baby, krill: companies profiting from plundering Antarctica”), the report performs an analysis of the crustacean supply chainThis means that krill oil dietary supplements are sold in 68% of the world’s 50 largest retailers.
Available for sale in North America at: 88% of 17 retailers surveyed; In Asia, 75% of the eight retailers surveyed; In Europe, it is in almost half of the 21 places surveyed.
The document underlines, Salmon Farmed is fed krill and sold “regularly” in 16 leading supermarkets in four European countries, including: Mercadona, Carrefour, Day and Lidl (Spain); Auchan (Alcampo), Carrefour, Intermarché and Leclerc (France); Aldi Nord, Edeka, Kaufland and Lidl (Germany); as well as Asda, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s and Tesco (UK).
Feed made with krill for fish farms
They all used bait made of krill —It was supplied by the Norwegian company Aker BioMarine, which accounts for about two-thirds of the total catch. – Although, according to the Foundation, they have not adopted policies in their salmon supply chains to exclude the use of krill in the feed used to produce both their own branded salmon products.
This makes retailers and supermarkets “accomplices“to tire”mother“a food source”forever“species like whales, seals or penguins are animals anyway”overpressureIt’s because of global warming, according to Sophie Nodzenski, senior campaigner for Changing Markets.
The document denounces that those involved displayed techniques that acted as “smoke screens”. hide the true environmental impact of their operationssuch as using sustainability labels or certificates to wash the green image (“greenwash”) of your product.
By accelerating global warming, the industry has challenged the narrative that the current catch limit is precautionary and exacerbated for “destructive” fishing, as “only 1% of krill biomass” is “already unstable” in an Antarctic ecosystem. The discovery of this crustacean, which scientists recommend stopping, confirms the research.
moratorium on krill hunting
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) producers are advised to use krill alternatives and also, the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Resources (CCAMLR) has “unsuccessfully” attempted to regulate this crustacean industry by tightening environmental protections and designation of Marine Protected Areas.
For this reason, the Changing Markets Foundation propose a moratorium “on the fly” for krill hunting; encourages retailers, feed manufacturers and fish farms to “phasize” the use of wild-caught fish in aquaculture; urges supermarkets and consumers to “stop buying and using” shellfish and dietary supplements containing krill.
Source: Informacion
