Then the white barrels, the wooded hills on the far bank of the river, and beyond the hills the other side of Connecticut, the trip to the whaling ship at Mystic Seaport, somewhere out there Cape Cod, the Atlantic Ocean, Africa.

NEWYORKER: Getting Closer

Last year, the company stopped selling seven other species on the Greenpeace red list including Atlantic cod, Chilean sea bass and orange roughy, says Jeff Lyons, Costco's senior vice president of fresh foods.

WSJ: Guidelines for Eating Sustainable Seafood

The report cites a case in which 600 people in Hong Kong became severely ill after eating what they thought was Atlantic cod.

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