Ecolabelling no help in sustainable seafood sales
Thursday, October 25, 2018 - 08:30
in Mathematics & Economics
How does labelling products and putting up signs in stores affect consumer choices, especially toward encouraging consumers to buy sustainable seafood? When researchers tested how ecolabels for sustainably harvested seafood would affect shopping choices in Germany and Norway, they found that customers bought significantly more seafood overall—including options that were not sustainably harvested.