Oceanic Defense has launched a campaign against Alberton's/Supervalu because of their continued refusal to remove shark meat from their stores. Many sharks, including the thresher shark (being sold at Albertson's) are now considered by experts to be at risk of extinction; many sharks are on the IUCN red list of endangered species. Unregulated overfishing means that shark species have fallen by 90% compared to their levels just 20 or 30 years ago. Shark meat is also highly toxic and can contain levels of mercury 60 times the official acceptable level. The EDF (Environmental Defense Fund) has classified it as an "Eco-Worst Choice" food.

Oceanic Defense has provided Alberton's/Supervalu with the above information (and much more) but the company continues to market and sell shark meat. Alberton's/Supervalu, like many companies, likes to ride the "environmental" bandwagon and make money branding themselves as environmentally friendly, but when push comes to shove they come off as phony.

For that reason I am asking you to:
1. Contact the following executives and ask them to stop selling shark meat:
Stephanie Martin
Director of Communications
Stephanie.Martin@supervalu.com

Supervalu Corporate contact:
http://www.supervalu.com/sv-webapp/contact/contact.jsp

Albertson's contact:
https://shop.albertsons.com/eCommerceWeb/Comments.do?action=viewComments

2. Tell them you will boycott their stores until they make a commitment to stop selling any type of shark product.

Please spread the word to friends and family and on social networks, blogs and websites. Let's make Albertson's aware of the strength of feeling of the public about ocean conservation!

More information and links:


The Oceanic Defense blog:
http://oceanicdefense.blogspot.com/2009/07/major-us-grocery-chain-urged-to-stop.html
Shark meat on the Albertson's website:
http://albertsonsmarket.com/healthmatter.php?org=albertsonsllc&ContentID=1930009
An overview of thresher shark on the EDF website:
http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=15755
Oceanic Defense:
http://oceanicdefense.com/