Lawsuit Challenges Hannaford’s Deceptive Marketing of Farmed Salmon

Hamida Kingeblog, Member Resources

Photo: A Hannaford supermarket in Troy, New York. Photo: Tyler A. McNeil / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). When shoppers buy seafood labeled “sustainable” or “local,” they expect those claims to be true. But a new federal class-action lawsuit accuses supermarket chain Hannaford of using deceptive marketing tactics to mislead consumers into believing its industrially farmed salmon is sustainably produced. …

Several large open-net pens sit in blue ocean waters

Federal Court Overturns Industrial Fish Farming Permit in Landmark Victory

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Seattle, Washington — In a major win, a federal court today struck down an agency’s blanket, nationwide permit that would have allowed industrial-scale fish farming in U.S. ocean waters without site reviews. The Center for Food Safety (CFS) led the legal challenge on behalf of Don’t Cage Our Oceans (DCO2) along with a coalition of conservation groups, fishing communities, and Tribal Nations.  …