
Market vs. Supermarket
Why favor market seafood
over supermarket seafood?
Because, more often than not:
• market seafood is issued from small-scale fisheries, which are important for the livelihood of the local population
• fishing methods used are less intensive (i.e. fishing vessels used are smaller) and therefore less harmful to the environment (i.e. reduced bycatch, pollution and physical damage)
• market seafood is fished or produced locally (reduced carbon footprint)
• market sellers in seafood markets are able to inform consumers on the origin of the seafood being sold and the fishing or aquaculture techniques that were used on the product
• market products are fresher
• market products are of higher quality; the more fish are caught in a net the higher the risk that fish will get damaged
• market products are caught by fishermen that are better positioned to meet the standards of sustainability