Wal-Mart decides to keep buying Alaska salmon… researchers say by 2040 oceans will be fished out and at the present rate of population the Growth… Total food production will not meet demand !! Wal-Mart decides to continue buying Alaska wild salmon after 4-month sustainability study JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Wal-Mart announced Friday that it will continue purchasing Alaskan wild salmon after a four-month review of the states Responsible Fisheries Management program. Company officials toured Alaska earlier this month to see firsthand how the state handles its salmon industry, as part of Wal-Marts public policy of keeping fisheries sustainable around the world. Wal-Mart brought in The Sustainability Consortium to assist in its final decision on whether to continue purchasing Alaskan salmon. The organization based at the University of Arkansas made up of businesses, academic groups and nonprofits. Wal-Mart has proudly sourced seafood from the state of Alaska for many years, and under our newly revised sustainable sourcing policy, we will continue to do so, the company said in a statement. Officials in Gov. Sean Parnells administration and representatives of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute also traveled to Arkansas to make the case for Wal-Marts continued purchase of Alaskan wild salmon. This is great news for Alaskas seafood industry and the state as a whole, Parnell said in a statement. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowskis office said in a statement Friday that she was happy the worlds largest retailer stayed focused on the facts and science concerning Alaskas salmon industry rather than rhetoric of groups outside the state who are pursuing an anti-Alaska campaign. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has 4,253 stores in the U.S. and 620 Sams Club warehouses. The company, based in Bentonville, Ark., had $405 billion in sales last year. Alaskas salmon fishery was the second fishery in the world to receive certification through the Ireland-based Global Trust Certification, which handles international verification on sustainability of natural resources. Icelands cod fishery was the first.
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