From the ArcaMax Publishing, Business News Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/businessnews/s-373571-770748
LONDON (UPI) -- Food industry officials say fish species once
considered good only for cats are making surges in the British market
because they're thought to be "greener."
Sea bass and pollack are more plentiful than the current "big three"
fish, salmon, cod and haddock, and can be caught or farmed using more
environmentally friendly methods, a fact British consumers are
latching onto, The Guardian reported Saturday. In fact, cod sales in
supermarkets, fish shops and restaurants fell by more than 10 percent
in volume last year, while those of pollack went up by more than 150
percent, industry officials say.
The newspaper said Seafish, the British government's Sea Fish Industry
Authority, has determined that an overall 5 percent yearly sales jump
in the UK seafood market may partly be the result of consumers
demanding locally sourced food. It found sales of sea bass rose by
more than 30 percent between May 2007 and this May.
The trend is being picked up major fish companies as well. Birds Eye
last year introduced a pollack fish finger product touting the
benefits of omega 3 fatty acids, caught from Alaskan stocks with green
certification from the Marine Stewardship Council.