date:Sep 06, 2013
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In 2006, Wal-Mart began requiring fresh and frozen seafood sold in its groceries to be certified through the Marine Stewardship Council, the recipient of donations from the Walton Family Foundation. Then, in 2011, it expanded the program to include farmed fish that meets best aquaculture practices and to open up certification beyond the marine council.
In Alaska, fish processors complained the stewardship council's process was too expensive and that its requirements kept chang