Whole Foods has pulled krill oil supplements from its shelves with out any prior notice. Now, international omega-3 group GOED is aksing the reason for such an act, while providing it with additional information about the krill fishery management. Global Organization for EPA and DHA Omega-3 (GOED) executive director Adam Ismael highlighted work by the body that monitors the Antarctic krill fishery, the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), that demonstrated the fishery was well managed.
According to Ismael CCAMLR is a unique organization because it involves the governments of many nations, as well as concerned stewardship organizations, like Greenpeace. He informed that CCAMLR actually just implemented new measures in November for the krill fishery, which further protects predator species that feed on krill, as well as protecting the krill fishery itself.
Imposing ban on krill supplement Whole Foods has posted its own statement: “Krill are an important source of food for marine animals including penguins, seals, and whales in the Antarctic. Declines of some predator populations in the areas where the krill fishery operates suggest that fishery management needs to better understand how to evaluate the prey requirements of other marine species in order to set sustainable catch levels for krill.”
As per the Whole Foods spokesperson the company had sent the statement to GOED, but could not confirm if any other negotiations had taken place, nor which krill supplement brands had been yanked from shelves across its 270 North American and UK stores.
