The Stop & Shop supermarket chain says it will stop selling some species of fish that are threatened by overfishing.
Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. of Quincy announced last month that it would stop buying fresh shark. Tracy Taylor, a senior buyer for the largest supermarket chain in New England, says stores also won't restock frozen Chilean sea bass and orange roughy.
Senior manager Ken Pentheny says it's the first time the company has removed fish from its inventory for conservation reasons.
Heather Tausig, director of conservation at New England Aquarium, says Stop & Shop's example could encourage other grocers to pull certain fish from their shelves.
Stop & Shop is owned by Ahold USA, a unit of Dutch company Royal Ahold NV. Royal Ahold's Giant Food chain in the U.S. will also stop selling the threatened fish. (AP)
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