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Auchan Retail
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What we sell
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Sustainable sourcing
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Review of the fish Auchan will sell in its stores according to responsible fish policy
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Regarding scientific studies and expert orientations, Auchan is reviewing species of fish sold in stores. To do so, Responsible Fishing Policies will be defined at a global level.
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- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Portugal
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Today, some countries had already reviewed their fishes policy, as France.
The foundations for a responsible fishing policy were laid in France in 2006:
The French hypermarkets and supermarkets notably committed not to sell wild bass during its reproductive period (December to March) and to favour farming with a reduced environmental impact.Auchan Retail discontinued the sale of Mediterranean bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) in 2007 in all countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. Alongside similar efforts by other retailers, bluefin tuna numbers since appear to have
increased in this zone. Specialists are in agreement regarding the positive effects of such measures, and sales of this particular species of fish have consequently been able to resume.However, Auchan Retail will be carefully monitoring how bluefish tuna numbers evolve in this sensitive zone. Auchan Retail also decided in 2009 to contribute to the protection of endangered species of shark. It stopped all sales of these species, with the exception of catshark (scyliorhinus) and smooth-hound (mustellus). In all countries, Auchan
Retail is opposed to sharks being captured solely for their fins.
Deepwater species were also removed from the shelves in 2013 to help preserve scarce resources.
Auchan Retail upholds best fishing practices and the efficient management of fishing resources to help sustain tuna populations. It notably requires that the tuna it purchases be fully traceable (fishing zone, species, method of capture and fishing fleet) and undertakes to support and promote the scientific evidence relied upon by RFMOs54 to manage tuna stocks and their eco-system.
It also supports the scientific initiatives of the ISSF55 aimed at improving sustainable management of global tuna stocks, notably by undertaking to work only with suppliers who have
registered their fleets in the PVR56.
As regards sourcing, Auchan Retail refuses all IUU57 products. This entails sourcing from diversified fishing channels.
In 2016, it started stocking a first pole-and-line caught product. It intends to increase the sourcing of tuna caught without the use of FADs58 by 10% between 2016 and 2017 and
will seek to ensure that fishing methods can be traced. Auchan Retail has also decided to suspend the production of discount products incorporating albacore tuna.
Portugal and Spain had also responsible fish policy.
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2017
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Review of the fish Auchan will sell in its stores
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2018
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