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UK Supermarkets Sell Mackerel that's an Entirely Different Fish
Retailers are replacing Atlantic mackerel with cheaper Chilean jack mackerel as stocks drop 75% and the fish loses sustainability certification, industry figures said.
- Following regulation changes by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, supermarkets are replacing overfished Atlantic Mackerel with Chilean Jack Mackerel after the department permitted the 'Jack Mackerel' labelling.
- Overfishing has caused Atlantic Mackerel to lose its MSC-certified status, as the Marine Conservation Society warned last year that stocks are at a 'breaking point.'
- According to the Marine Stewardship Council, catches in the North Atlantic exceeded scientific advice by 39% over 15 years. The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea advises cutting total catches by roughly 70%.
- Waitrose halted North Atlantic Mackerel sales in April, while supermarkets in the Netherlands and Sweden switched to Chilean Jack Mackerel, which is MSC-certified.
- The transition follows the so-called 'mackerel war,' a long-running quota dispute between Iceland, Greenland, Norway, the Faroe Islands, and Russia that has prevented unified catch limits.
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Supermarket shock as canned mackerel contains NO British mackerel: 'Real concern!'
Consumers are being warned that canned mackerel purchased in UK supermarkets may not contain mackerel at all.Princes, one of Britain's biggest tinned fish brands, has been revealed to be replacing genuine North Atlantic mackerel with Chilean jack mackerel, a completely separate species, in products stocked by Sainsbury's, Lidl and Tesco.The swap means that the majority of mackerel tins on UK supermarket shelves no longer contain any of the oily …
·London, United Kingdom
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The Independent (US)UK tinned mackerel no longer contains mackerel
The Chilean jack mackerel is of lower nutritional value and is imported from South America
·London, United Kingdom
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