Sustainable Fish at M&S

M&S logoI’m quite aware that we’re overfishing our seas, that many species are on the brink of collapse, and that the knock-on effect could be catastrophic for life in the oceans – and on land.

And yet I blithely go to the fishmonger and get such delights as Maui-Maui, cod, and tuna. I particularly like canned tuna, especially the Ortiz variety. The conscience pokes me in the eye, but I slap it in the face and it retreats to the corner.

So I was delighted to find out that M&S have now switched sourcing of all their tuna to pole and line caught Skipjack tuna. So, every M&S product containing tuna – from pasta bakes and fish cakes to salads and sandwiches – promises to be sustainably caught. Ok conscience, you can come back now.

M&S tend to quite good on environmental issues; they’re aiming to be carbon neutral, with zero waste to landfill, by 2012.