Fish sticks: Are they sustainable or not?

they taste of Childhood, the small, angular pieces of breaded fish. Since the 1960s, the triumph of the fish to holding chopsticks. On average, we eat a year, 23 of them. In Germany alone, we scorch almost 60,000 tonnes in the year. And three out of four Britons have enjoyed fish for the first Time in your life in the form of Sticks.

But also to fish sticks, the Problem of Overfishing in the world is not over seas without a trace. The British non-profit Organisation, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), dedicated to the protection of the seas, has looked at fish from the supermarket in more detail. And the end result is: fish sticks are one of the most sustainable ways to eat fish. About 85 percent of the fish for the chopsticks would come from a sustainable source. Amazingly, above all, the cheap discount products were better than the more expensive goods are from the up-market Segment.

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But how does it work? The MCS experts find fault with the Declaration. Consumers have little Chance to understand where exactly the fish came from for the fish sticks. Only 19 percent of the examined fish sticks varieties were sufficiently described. "Consumers may not be aware that the majority of the fish for fish sticks, branded products and house brands in fact, from sustainable sources," said Rajina Gurung, who has written for the MCS a guide for fish consumption. However, 23 percent of the examined fish had a swab packaging with no information about sustainability of the fishing method or fishing area. 40 percent of the packaging had no credible Eco-Label or too little information.

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That sounds like plenty of consumer confusion. And this is not a British Problem, but also applies to Germany. Here fish and seafood that are sustainably fished to be awarded the MSC seal of approval. The "Marine Stewardship Council" was established in Klasbahis 1997 jointly by the environmental organization World Wildlife Fund ( WWF) and the food Corporation Unilever. The seal should help, Overfishing and protect fish stocks in the consumer when shopping on the seal were able to pay attention to. After control of the fishing operation, he is allowed to stick for five years, the seal on its products. Further checks are also possible.

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Greenpeace does not think much. "There is not a seal of approval that we consider to be absolutely trustworthy and comprehensive," says Sandra Schöttner, a marine biologist from Greenpeace, to the "world". For fish Alaska Pollock is sticks mostly used. Here environmentalists is not to decry the over-fishing, but the fishing method. In part, would be gnawed off with bottom trawls to the bottom of the sea everything floats there. And Greenpeace even more far-reaching impact, include in their annual recommendation. The Alaska Pollock important prey of sea lions. When in Grand style everything will catch these cod by, these animals are hardly prey.

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So is it all bad? Finger away from the fish? "Greenpeace will never say: Eat no fish. Everyone has to decide for themselves," says Schöttner. The environmental associations of the drums to the values of fish as a delicacy and not as an everyday food. That would defuse the situation in the global fish stock.

But a look at the current fish shopping guide from the WWF sobering. Hardly any water can be dished out creatures with a quiet Conscience. Sea bream? It is better not to. Pangasius? I'd rather not. Redfish? Very bad idea! And so, only two species of fish, where the environmentalists get any abdominal pain: catfish and carp. But it is not as a rectangular Block in the batter.

Date Of Update: 06 November 2018, 20:01