Give a Pink Slip to the Red-List!

Tell supermarkets that, as a consumer, you're taking a stand against buying their red-list seafood!

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Imagine this: every day in our oceans, sea turtles are caught up in fishing nets, bottom trawlers scrape and damage the ocean floors, and fish are being hauled in by the hundreds of thousands of tons. Now imagine that your dollars are contributing to this destruction.

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The seafood industry around the globe is causing massive damage to our ocean ecosystems.

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Consumers buy half their seafood in supermarkets to the tune of $16 billion per year in seafood sales. Given the serious threats to our marine environment, seafood retailers cannot deny their role in helping our oceans by selling sustainable seafood. (Are you buying threatened species? Check out the Red-List Fish.)

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Greenpeace is assessing supermarkets sustainable seafood policies and practices, and your participation in this online action will make sure that the worst-offending retailers hear from you loud and clearly.

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Sign the petition right now to help!

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Step 2: Read the letter we've provided. Feel free to edit it.

Dear Target Corporation, Trader Joe's, Attn. Jon Basalone, Meijer's, Attn: Stacie Behler, H.E.B., Attn: Candice Jacobs, Price Chopper, Attn: Mona Golub, Publix, Attn: Clayton Hollis, Whole Foods Market, Carrie Brownstein , and 8 more,

In a recent update to Greenpeace's "Carting Away the Oceans" report, a spotlight is being shined on supermarkets like yours, and demanding that you help put an end to ocean destruction.  What is sold at your stores' seafood counters plays a huge role in the health of the world's oceans, and it's high time your company starts protecting -- and stops plundering -- the high seas.

Destructive fishing is one of most significant threats facing our oceans.  Currently, three quarters of global fish stocks are suffering from overfishing, and 90% of top marine predators such as tuna and sharks are already gone.  Destructive fishing methods result in high levels of bycatch and destroy habitats that many species depend on to maintain healthy populations.  Adding insult to injury, destructive fishing makes ocean ecosystems more vulnerable to global warming impacts.  Scientists predict that, if current trends continue, global fisheries will collapse by mid-century.

I'm taking the time to send you this e-mail because I care about the state of our seas.  Will you and your company care as much as me?

As a consumer, I plan to let my money speak for me.  Until you give the "pink slip" to the red-list species, I'll be joining the world in urging you to adopt sustainable seafood practices for your company.

"Sincerely," and your name and contact information will be added to the end of the letter.

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Give a Pink Slip to the Red-List!

Tell supermarkets that, as a consumer, you're taking a stand against buying their red-list seafood!

Step 2: Read the letter we've provided. Feel free to edit it.

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