ASDA & SHARKS

Thought you might like to know the official Wal-Mart ASDA line on selling Shark meat
so here goes hope this works.


Thank you for your message.

Dear Mr Taylor

Thank you for your e-mail.

Essentially, the sustainability issue regarding shark is not
straightforward. Different species, or even different geographic populations
within the species are at different levels of sustainability around the
world. We check the sustainability of the species/area which we sell against
the IUCN Red List for Endangered Species to ensure that they are not
vulnerable.

I hope we can look forward to serving you again soon.

Kind Regards
ASDA CUSTOMER RELATIONS





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PLEASE STOP! SELLING SHARK STEAKS NOW!


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If you could supply a direct link to the site that we display our displeasure then it would make it a lot easier for us to bombard them with disapproving e-mails!
"ALAN TAYLOR" <alan.taylor6@> wrote in message news:GVJ5c.19$1p6.12@newsfe1-win...
Thought you might like to know the official Wal-Mart ASDA line on selling Shark meat
so here goes hope this works.


Thank you for your message.

Dear Mr Taylor

Thank you for your e-mail.

Essentially, the sustainability issue regarding shark is not
straightforward. Different species, or even different geographic populations
within the species are at different levels of sustainability around the
world. We check the sustainability of the species/area which we sell against
the IUCN Red List for Endangered Species to ensure that they are not
vulnerable.

I hope we can look forward to serving you again soon.

Kind Regards
ASDA CUSTOMER RELATIONS





For further correspondence regarding this issue, please reply to this email.


----Your Original Comments Were----

PLEASE STOP! SELLING SHARK STEAKS NOW!


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>
>I hope we can look forward to serving you again soon.
>
>Kind Regards
>ASDA CUSTOMER RELATIONS
>
</snip>

Can I presume that your your response went along the lines of "Not bloody
likely"?

CAS

That sounds like good new to me , if they are checking the sustainability of their products. Well done ASDA

Tony


"ALAN TAYLOR" <alan.taylor6@> wrote in message news:GVJ5c.19$1p6.12@newsfe1-win...
Thought you might like to know the official Wal-Mart ASDA line on selling Shark meat
so here goes hope this works.


Thank you for your message.

Dear Mr Taylor

Thank you for your e-mail.

Essentially, the sustainability issue regarding shark is not
straightforward. Different species, or even different geographic populations
within the species are at different levels of sustainability around the
world. We check the sustainability of the species/area which we sell against
the IUCN Red List for Endangered Species to ensure that they are not
vulnerable.

I hope we can look forward to serving you again soon.

Kind Regards
ASDA CUSTOMER RELATIONS





For further correspondence regarding this issue, please reply to this email.


----Your Original Comments Were----

PLEASE STOP! SELLING SHARK STEAKS NOW!


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and intended solely for the individual or entity to
whom they are addressed. If you have received this email
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> "Tony Jay" <Tony.Jay@nospam.bsac.com> wrote in message
news:105g9ffmcdj0q7c@corp.supernews.com...
>
> That sounds like good new to me , if they are checking the sustainability
of their products. Well done ASDA
>
> Tony


I would tend to cautiously agree. There are many species of sharks, plus a
few species of fish commonly called sharks but which actually aren't
sharks... Not all of them are under threat and provided they are fished in a
semi-civilised manner I haven't got an issue with this. In particular, the
thresher shark sold by Asda is not, AFAIK, under threat.

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 10:18:19 -0000, "Tony Jay"
<Tony.Jay@nospam.bsac.com> wrote:

>That sounds like good new to me , if they are checking the sustainability of their products. Well done ASDA
>
>Tony

Excellent, now when will they start selling seal steaks?

--
Steve Barlow

Steve Barlow wrote:

> Excellent, now when will they start selling seal steaks?

Dunno but they do sell Penguins :)

- Keith

Dominic Burch of ASDA replied to DIVER April 2004: 'But there is a demand-we
wouldn't stock Shark if it didn't sell'

Here in Manchester were Paul Chapman, of TSAC i think, raised the subject,
there is a 'demand, for illegal handguns.These will be on sale in the sports
section in Hulme from 'next week'.

seriously how do the Sri Lankans know they are Threasher Shark until they
are reeled in? What happens if they are a different species?

"Greg W" <greg.wanlinREMOVETHIS@ANDTHIStalk21.com> wrote in message
news:c39ip7$1gig$1@news.f.de.plusline.net...
>
>
> > "Tony Jay" <Tony.Jay@nospam.bsac.com> wrote in message
> news:105g9ffmcdj0q7c@corp.supernews.com...
> >
> > That sounds like good new to me , if they are checking the
sustainability
> of their products. Well done ASDA
> >
> > Tony
>
>
> I would tend to cautiously agree. There are many species of sharks, plus a
> few species of fish commonly called sharks but which actually aren't
> sharks... Not all of them are under threat and provided they are fished in
a
> semi-civilised manner I haven't got an issue with this. In particular, the
> thresher shark sold by Asda is not, AFAIK, under threat.
>
>

"ALAN TAYLOR" <alan.taylor6@> wrote in message
news:GVJ5c.19$1p6.12@newsfe1-win...
>Thought you might like to know the official Wal-Mart ASDA line on selling
Shark meat
so here goes hope this works.
>
>For further correspondence regarding this issue, please reply to this
email.
>
>----Your Original Comments Were----
>
>PLEASE STOP! SELLING SHARK STEAKS NOW!

Are you saying that your email to Asda consisted of just that one line:
"PLEASE STOP! SELLING SHARK STEAKS NOW!" ?

R.

No it was a bit more involved than that but that was the jist of it.
"Rudy Lacchin" <rulaREMOVETHIS@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:c3frsc$25e15p$1@ID-182063.news.uni-berlin.de...
>
> "ALAN TAYLOR" <alan.taylor6@> wrote in message
> news:GVJ5c.19$1p6.12@newsfe1-win...
> >Thought you might like to know the official Wal-Mart ASDA line on selling
> Shark meat
> so here goes hope this works.
> >
> >For further correspondence regarding this issue, please reply to this
> email.
> >
> >----Your Original Comments Were----
> >
> >PLEASE STOP! SELLING SHARK STEAKS NOW!
>
> Are you saying that your email to Asda consisted of just that one line:
> "PLEASE STOP! SELLING SHARK STEAKS NOW!" ?
>
> R.
>
>