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Article: Processed fish.(MARKETS)
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- The Food Institute Report
- Article date:
- February 5, 2007
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CHILEAN SEA BASS--Wal-Mart Stores Inc., will restore Chilean sea bass to its seafood counters in select markets in coming months. The retailer stopped carrying the fish in 2003 amid concerns that it was being overfished into extinction. Wal-Mart's turnabout follows a decision by Whole Foods Market Inc. in October to sell Chilean sea bass for the first time since 1999. Both Wal-Mart and Whole Foods say they are putting Chilean sea bass back on their shelves because their supply comes from a single fishery near Antarctica that has been certified as sustainable by the London-based Marine Stewardship Council. But the certification is controversial, and critics say they are ...