SeaChoice, a national sustainable seafood program, has dropped one of its most prominent partners, the Overwaitea Food Group, due in part to ongoing problems with getting information about where the fish sold in stores was caught.
Retailers who sign on with SeaChoice get a stamp-of-approval that at least some of the seafood they sell is considered sustainable and can label products with green SeaChoice "Recommended" stickers.
When Overwaitea first joined SeaChoice in 2009, the partnership was heralded by environmentalist David Suzuki in a Vancouver Save-On-Foods store as the first major chain to make such a commitment.
"It was disappointing," said Jay Ritchlin, a director-general for the David Suzuki Foundation which oversees SeaChoice. "Overwaitea had been a good partner and had tried to do some good things in the past."
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