The British supermarket firm, Waitrose, has become the first supermarket chain in the UK to suspend the sale of mackerel citing overfishing. They have said they will point consumers towards herring, sardines and seabass instead. Concerns over mackerel stocks have been rumbling since last year, and environmental groups and NGOs have welcomed Waitrose’s decision. The move comes in the wake of failures by governments to cut catches to levels recommended by scientists to ensure sustainable fishing and stop mackerel stocks collapsing. Charles Clover, Blue Marine Foundation’s co-founder, said “The plight of the mackerel is part of a wider failure to take scientific advice intended to keep stocks healthy and able to recover from fishing pressure.”
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