Collaborative conservation: Buyer-NGO partnerships propel sustainable seafood movement

摘要

Because Boston is steeped in tradition and time-honored estab-lishments, Phil Walsh believed that an affiliation with a respected local institution would resonate with Stop & Shop seafood customers across the region. In 1999, when Walsh was an executive with Ahold USA, parent company of the supermarket chain, he was conducting a third-party audit of ail the retailer's suppliers to determine if its seafood departments were contributing to the global overfishing problem. Hoping to promote this initiative, Walsh asked a New England Aquarium (NEA) researcher to review the completed audits and help the chain meet its sustainability goals, A partnership was born.