Shark in the stalls of an E.Leclerc fishmonger. The E.Leclerc supermarket in Blaye, Gironde, apologized this Friday after posting an ad on social networks announcing the commercialization of blue sharks, a protected species. The publication of this ad had been denounced in particular by the NGO Sea Shepherd.
“I am… a pelagic species / I am about 1.5 m tall / my skin color has a particularity, I weigh 25 kg / I can swim up to 40 km/h,” questioned the ad on Facebook, calling customers to respond on the comments.
The supermarket apologizes
In response to the controversy, the supermarket apologized and vowed to “never repeat this mistake.” “Our store did not respect the tide policy of the E.Leclerc brand,” the store declared on its Facebook page, specifying that the brand had “since 2017 a list of prohibited species in marketing”, a list to which the dyer .
This is not the first time that a supermarket has been caught selling sharks. In 2020, two Intermarché stores were highlighted for the same reason.
Source: BFM TV
