# Why supermarkets are being urged to end sales of meat and fish raised on fishmeal and oil from west Africa | The Independent

> Greenpeace Africa urged British supermarkets to stop selling meat and farmed fish raised on fishmeal and fish oil from West Africa. The campaign cites a report that more than half a million tonnes of small pelagic fish are taken annually from the region.

- Date: 2021-06-01 · published 2021-06-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region West Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46682-why-supermarkets-are-being-urged-to-end-sales-of-meat-and-fish-raised-on
- Commodities: [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Retailer pressure to drop West African fishmeal could reduce demand over time, but it is an advocacy campaign without an immediate supply or price change.

## Read by commodity

- FISHMEAL: bearish ▼

## Sources

- independent.co.uk: https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/meat-fish-fishmeal-africa-greenpeace-b1857668.html

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