Our commitment to sustainable seafood

Giant provides our customers with many choices of fresh and delicious seafood from wild caught fisheries and fish farms that are minimizing their environmental impacts. We also continue to look for new ways to promote ocean-friendly practices in our stores and with our suppliers. And we always put seafood safety first.

What is sustainable seafood?
We define sustainable seafood as being wild caught or farm-raised seafood that utilizes practices to ensure the longevity of the fishery/aquaculture operation while working to minimize environmental impacts and promote positive economic and social growth, all the while knowing product safety remains key within all considerations.

How are we working towards sustainability?
Since 2000, we have partnered with the New England Aquarium to advance our commitment to sustainable seafood. The New England Aquarium team evaluates the seafood we are purchasing and provides recommendations for making better choices of wild-caught and farm-raised seafood sources. We then take these recommendations and work with our suppliers to take the appropriate steps to make their wild-caught or farmed seafood more environmentally responsible. The long-term goal is to inspire all fisheries and farms to improve their practices and thus improve the overall environmental responsibility of our seafood supply chain.

The New England Aquarium has the appropriate staff and expertise to assist us in improving the environmental friendliness of the products we offer you. Their staff are knowledgeable in both wild-capture fisheries and farm-raised fish operations. They are also well respected throughout the conservation community and are engaged in many different collaborative projects with other non-profit, and seafood industry, organizations. Recently, the New England Aquarium partnered with more than a dozen conservation organizations from the United States and Canada to create the Common Vision for Environmentally Responsible Seafood. Giant was among a select list of companies to publicly support the Common Vision and are working on each of the steps with our partner, the New England Aquarium (for more information, see www.solutionsforseafood.org).

New England Aquarium - our partner
Founded in 1969, the New England Aquarium is a global leader in ocean exploration and marine conservation. The Aquarium is one of the premier visitor attractions in Boston, with over 1.3 million visitors a year, and a major public education resource.

The Aquarium is redefining what it means to be an aquarium: combining education, entertainment and action to address the most challenging problems facing the ocean. Through a wide variety of educational programs and conservation initiatives, the Aquarium makes a lasting impact globally.