Okutholakele okusha okukhishwe namuhla ngabakwa I-Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) ikhombisa ukuthi abantu baya ngokuya beshintsha indlela abadla ngayo ngenxa yezizathu zemvelo njengoba kukhula ukukhathazeka ngokushintsha kwesimo sezulu. Ngemva kwehlobo lokushisa okusongela ukuphila, iziphepho ezinamandla, izikhukhula ezingakaze zibonwe ngaphambili, nezinye izimo zesimo sezulu ezikhungethwe ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu, abanye abathengi balawula umthelela wabo endaweni ezungezile ngokudla abakukhethayo.
Okusha okutholwe yi-Marine Stewardship Council kukhombisa ukuthi abantu bayashintsha indlela abadla ngayo ngenxa yokuguquka kwesimo sezulu.
Kuqhutshwa umxhumanisi ozimele wemininingwane i-GlobeScan ye-MSC, inhlangano engenzi nzuzo yamazwe ngamazwe ebhekele i-ecolabel yezilwane zasolwandle ezisetshenziswa kakhulu emhlabeni, ucwaningo.1 bathole ukuthi u-31% wabaphenduli emhlabeni wonke abathi bashintsha indlela abadla ngayo eminyakeni emibili edlule bakwenze lokho ngezizathu ezehlukene zemvelo. Lokhu kubandakanya ukudla ukudla okutholakala ngokusimeme (17%), ukunciphisa umthelela wokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu (11%), nokuvikela izilwandle (9%). Laba bathengi abaqaphile bahlose ukuthenga imikhiqizo ehlangabezana nezindinganiso zabo zemvelo, futhi iqembu elikhulayo labathengi lilwela “ukuba nesimo sezulu”.2 ekuthatheni kwabo izinqumo. Abantu baseCalifornia babike inani eliphakeme kakhulu labathengi ababika ukushintsha ukudla kwabo ngenxa yezizathu zemvelo, ku-40%, kanti iPacific Northwesterners ingekho kude kakhulu kuma-39%.
Ngaphezu kokukhathazeka kwemvelo okubangela abathengi ukuthi bashintshe imikhuba yokuthenga, ukukhuphuka kwezindleko zokudla kanye nokwehla kwamandla emali sekukonke kuyizinkathazo ezintsha.
ukwakha izinqumo zokuthenga. E-US, intengo yegilosa ikhuphuke ngo-13.5% ngokuya nge-Consumer Price Index3, nokukhuphuka okungafika ku-4% okulindeleke ngo-December 2022 ngezintengo zokudla ekhaya4. Kuya ngokwandayo, inselele kubathengi abaqaphile iwukuba bagcine isiqandisi kanye ne-pantry ngokudla okuthengekayo nakho okunomsoco futhi okuhambisana nemvelo.
Ukudla kwasolwandle kunikeza amaprotheni anempilo, alungele iplanethi, futhi ucwaningo lwakamuva lubike ukuthi ukuvunwa kwezilwane zasolwandle kukhiqiza ikhabhoni encane kunokukhiqizwa kwenyama. Izilwane zasolwandle ezibanjwe zasendle zitholakale zinekhabhoni ephansi ngenxa yokuntuleka kokusetshenziswa komhlaba noma isidingo sokufakwa (okuphakelayo, amanzi, njll.)[5]. Ukudla kwasolwandle kungahlangabezana nezifiso zabathengi abaqaphelayo kanye nezimo zezulu ngezinketho ezindaweni eziningi zesitolo segrosa, nakuwo wonke amaphuzu amanani.
U-Okthoba yiNyanga Kazwelonke Yokudla Kwasolwandle, okwenza lesi kube yisikhathi sokwabelana ngokuthi kungani ukudla kwasolwandle okuzinzile, okubanjwe zasendle kuyinketho engcono kakhulu kubahlali besimo sezulu kanye nemindeni efuna izinketho zokudla okunomsoco nokuthengekayo. Abathengisi abaningi bokudla baphromotha ukudla kwasolwandle okuzinzile phakathi neNyanga Yokudla Kwasolwandle, ngakho-ke bheka amadili nokuthengisa kuyo yonke inyanga esitolo segrosa yangakini. Esitolo, imikhiqizo yabathengi efana ne-Ducktrap River yaseMaine, uNkk. Paul's, Mowi kanye noVan de Kamp's, phakathi kokunye, baphethe ilebula ye-MSC blue fish. Abakwa-Ecolabels bakhulisa ukwethembana phakathi kwabathengi ezinkampanini ezibaphethe ngokocwaningo lwe-GlobeScan, abantu abangu-46% babika ukuthi banezinga eliphezulu lokuzethemba izicelo ze-MSC. Uma abathengi bebona ilebula ye-MSC blue fish emikhiqizweni yezilwane zasolwandle, kusho ukuthi umsebenzi omningi owenziwe ngabacwaningi mabhuku abazimele beqembu lesithathu ngokumelene nezindinganiso ze-MSC usuvele wenziwa, nokuhlolwa kokugcina kanye neziqinisekiso yi-MSC ngaphambi kokuba uphawu lubekwe emkhiqizweni. I-MSC ifinyelela ekujuleni kokuthi ukudla kwakho kwasolwandle kuvela kuphi nokuthi kwavunwa kanjani, ngakho-ke ukubona ilebula yezinhlanzi eziluhlaza kusho ukuthi abathengi bangabheka “okunobungane olwandle” ohlwini lwezinto ezibakhathazayo.
UNicole Condon, umqondisi wohlelo lwaseMelika eMkhandlwini Wokuphatha Asolwandle uthe, “Abathengi banamuhla baphonselwa inselelo lokho okungase kubonakale njengokuqhudelana - ukuthenga ukuze kunciphe umthelela emvelweni, ukuthenga izinketho ezinempilo nokuhlala kusabelomali. Njengoba singena eNyangeni Yokudla Kwasolwandle ka-Okthoba, kubalulekile ukuthi abathengi bazi ukuthi laba bashayeli abathengayo akumele baxabane. Bheka i-MSC blue fish logo emikhiqizweni yezilwane zasolwandle ngamanani ahlukahlukene ukuze wazi ukuthi ukudla kwasolwandle kubanjwe ngendlela egcina imvelo. Siyethemba ukuthi ilebula ye-MSC blue fish ingaba yingxenye ebalulekile yokudla okuhambisana nesimo sezulu – okuyisixazululo esilula kodwa esikholekayo sokuthola ukudla kwasolwandle okuqinisekisiwe ukuthi kuhlale kuqinile.”
Mayelana ne-MSC
I-Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) yinhlangano yamazwe ngamazwe engenzi nzuzo ebeka amazinga aqashelwa umhlaba wonke okudoba okusimeme kanye nochungechunge lokuhlinzekwa kwezilwane zasolwandle. Uhlelo lwe-MSC ecolabel kanye nezitifiketi lubona futhi luklomelise imikhuba yokudoba esimeme futhi lusiza ekudaleni imakethe yezilwane zasolwandle esimeme kakhudlwana. I-MSC ecolabel emkhiqizweni wezilwane zasolwandle isho ukuthi iphuma endaweni yokudoba izinhlanzi zasendle egunyazwe ngokuzimela ezingeni le-MSC elisekelwe kwisayensi lokudoba okuzinzile. Izinhlanzi ezimele ngaphezu kuka-19% wezinhlanzi ezidotshwa olwandle zasendle emhlabeni zibambe iqhaza ohlelweni lwayo lokunikeza izitifiketi, futhi kunemikhiqizo enelebula ye-MSC engaphezu kuka-20,000 etholakala emashalofini emhlabeni wonke (izibalo zilungile kusukela zingama-31 kuNdasa wezi-2021).
1 Ucwaningo lwenziwe emazweni angama-23, okuhlanganisa ne-US, futhi lwabandakanya abathengi bezinhlanzi zasolwandle abangu-25,000.
2 Health.com
3 Agasti 2021-August 2022, Inkomba Yentengo Yabathengi
4 UMnyango Wezolimo wase-US
5 Imvelo, 2022
