We as a consumer have the right to demand sustainable products to be available in our stores. We have the right to let the retailer know that we are displeased that they are selling endangered steelhead from the Columbia killed in an environmentally unsustainable manner. They do listen, trust me I spend a lot of time working in the grocery business. If we curb the demand, we can hopefully cut back the take or we can do nothing. Take your pick. alm:
Be aware that in the restaurant and retail business "wild" does not mean the same thing it means to fishermen. There "wild" just means not farm raised.
This isn't my first rodeo, I know they are Columbia summers. The quinalt fish are all winters and to my knowledge Canada doesn't allow the sale of wild steelhead either. This is a prime example of why sports fishermen lose to the commercials most of the time.
Not doubting you WRO, just looking for clarification on the topic/subject....either way sad to see Slime rocket nates in our local markets......
EDIT:
I did find this snipit posted over on piscatorial from feb.....
Fred Meyer does not sell Any āWildā steelhead. All of our Steelhead is 100% Farm Raised and Sustainably harvested from Local NW Fishery. We donāt sell any of the item you list below. Which would be a Wild Steelhead. FYI on more points attached on our product. We also clearly mark in our Ads and our In-store Signing that are product is āFarm Raisedā. Please feel free to call or write me directly with any questions you have on this one and thanks for your time and your patronage.
David Sanz
Fred Meyer Service Meat and Seafood Category Manager
Northern Tribes are allowed to sell wild steelhead and do so on a regular basis. In the mean time we should flame Fred Meyers and report them for illegal activities.
The Marine Mamal Protection Act was a reaction to a public education campaign of outrage over the killing of doplhins as part of tuna harvest.
Public pressure works.
I am sure Ryan can tell a summer from a winter and a gillnet mark from a Farm raised unmarked fish.
Pacific Seafood does have an Auquaculture Operation in the upper Columbia (where they were demanding money from the feds for high water this Springalm But sounds like these are CR fish from tribal gillnets.
Legal? Yes.
Right? No.
Can we stop it? Yes, exactly how WRO is suggesting.
Ryan, do some checking on source of these fish and verify. Let me know what you find.
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