ALDI Australia
ALDI has proudly played a significant role in the Australian community since its first store opened in 2001. Currently, ALDI is the 3rd largest supermarket retailer in Australia. ALDI’s operations improve the livelihood of local businesses, create employment opportunities and deliver high quality, permanently low priced products to Australians every day. ALDI directly employs over 13,000 people throughout our retail stores, distribution centres and corporate offices.
As a truly national business, ALDI is now serving more customers weekly than ever before. Currently, we have over 550 stores across Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Western Australia and South Australia. In addition, over the course of the year, we engage with more than 1,000 suppliers, the majority of which are Australian and have enjoyed growth and success as we have expanded.
Number of Fisheries Used |
Fisheries Certified |
Fisheries in a FIP |
Fisheries Well Managed |
Fisheries Managed |
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Number of Fisheries Used41 |
Fisheries Certified21 |
Fisheries in a FIP7 |
Fisheries Well Managed22 |
Fisheries Managed6 |
Production Methods Used
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Summary
Like any natural resource, we appreciate that what's in our oceans is a limited supply. Our fish and seafood policy means customers can support responsible fishing and farming by shopping at ALDI.
We continuously work with our suppliers to ensure greater traceability across our range, and to allow us to review and improve the sustainability of our seafood products. To help us do so, we have an ongoing partnership with Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP). SFP helps us to measure the sustainability of our seafood ranges, and to engage with our suppliers so we can improve fishing and farming practices throughout our supply chain.
This profile covers all wild-caught seafood sourced for Aldi Australia's own-brand seafood in 2020.
Associated Fisheries
Species and Location |
Production Methods |
Certification or Improvement Project |
Sustainability Ratings |
Notes |
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Species and LocationAlaska pollockTheragra chalcogrammaAleutian IslandsFishery countries:United States |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectCertified |
Sustainability RatingsWell managed |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes
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Species and LocationAlaska pollockTheragra chalcogrammaSea of OkhotskFishery countries:Russia |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectCertified |
Sustainability RatingsWell managed |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes
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Species and LocationAmerican lobsterHomarus americanusBay of FundyFishery countries:Canada |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectCertified |
Sustainability RatingsWell managed |
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Environmental Notes
General NotesReferences |
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Species and LocationAmerican sea scallopPlacopecten magellanicusUS Atlantic - Mid-Atlantic BightFishery countries:United States |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectCertified |
Sustainability RatingsWell managed |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes
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Species and LocationAnchovetaEngraulis ringensPeruvian Northern-Central ArtisanalFishery countries:Peru |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectFIP |
Sustainability RatingsSustainability not rated |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes
References Fishery Progress, Peruvian anchovy - small scale purse-seine |
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Species and LocationArgentine hakeMerluccius hubbsiNorth of 41°S to Rio Grande do SulFishery countries:Argentina |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectNot certified or in a FIP |
Sustainability RatingsNeeds improvement |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes
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Species and LocationArgentine red shrimpPleoticus muelleriPatagonianFishery countries:Argentina |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectFIP |
Sustainability RatingsManaged |
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Environmental Notes
General NotesReferences Fishery Progress, Argentina onshore red shrimp - bottom trawl FIP Fishery Progress, Argentina offshore red shrimp - bottom trawl FIP |
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Species and LocationAtlantic codGadus morhuaBaltic sea easternFishery countries:Denmark |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectNot certified or in a FIP |
Sustainability RatingsNeeds improvement |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes
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Species and LocationAtlantic codGadus morhuaBarents SeaFishery countries:Russia |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectCertified |
Sustainability RatingsWell managed |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes
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Species and LocationAtlantic herringClupea harengusNE Atlantic Spring spawnersFishery countries:Norway |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectCertified |
Sustainability RatingsWell managed |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes
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Species and LocationAtlantic herringClupea harengusNorth Sea Autumn spawnersFishery countries:Denmark |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectCertified |
Sustainability RatingsWell managed |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes
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Species and LocationAtlantic mackerelScomber scombrusNE AtlanticFishery countries:United Kingdom |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectCertified |
Sustainability RatingsManaged |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes
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Species and LocationBanana prawnPenaeus merguiensisNorthern AustraliaFishery countries:Australia |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectCertified |
Sustainability RatingsWell managed |
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Environmental Notes
General NotesReferences MRAG Americas, January 2018, MSC Public Certification Report for Northern Prawn Fishery |
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Species and LocationBlue grenadierMacruronus novaezelandiaeNew Zealand Eastern, New Zealand WesternFishery countries:New Zealand |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectCertified |
Sustainability RatingsWell managed |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes
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Species and LocationBlue musselMytilus edulisLimfjordFishery countries:Denmark |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectCertified |
Sustainability RatingsWell managed |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes
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Species and LocationBrown tiger prawnPenaeus esculentusNorthern AustraliaFishery countries:Australia |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectCertified |
Sustainability RatingsWell managed |
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Environmental Notes
General NotesReferences MRAG Americas, January 2018, MSC Public Certification Report for the Northern Prawn Fishery |
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Species and LocationCape hakes (multispecies)Merluccius paradoxus, Merluccius capensisNamibian coastFishery countries:Namibia |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectNot certified or in a FIP |
Sustainability RatingsNeeds improvement |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes
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Species and LocationCaribbean spiny lobsterPanulirus argusNorthern SW AtlanticFishery countries:Brazil |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectFIP |
Sustainability RatingsNeeds improvement |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes
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Species and LocationCinnabar goatfishParupeneus heptacanthusThai watersFishery countries:Thailand |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectNot certified or in a FIP |
Sustainability RatingsSustainability not rated |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes
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Species and LocationCoho salmonOncorhynchus kisutchAlaskaFishery countries:United States |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectCertified |
Sustainability RatingsWell managed |
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Environmental Notes
General NotesReferences |
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Species and LocationEuropean spratSprattus sprattusBaltic SeaFishery countries:Latvia |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectCertified |
Sustainability RatingsWell managed |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes |
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Species and LocationJapanese flying squidTodarodes pacificusEast China Sea and Japan SeaFishery countries:China |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectFIP |
Sustainability RatingsSustainability not rated |
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Environmental Notes
General NotesThere is a lack of information on stock status and mortality rates for Japanese flying squid in Chinese waters. References Fishery Progress, East China Sea and Yellow Sea Japanese flying squid - trawl |
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Species and LocationJapanese threadfin breamNemipterus japonicusWestern Indian OceanFishery countries:India |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectFIP |
Sustainability RatingsSustainability not rated |
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Environmental Notes
General NotesReferences |
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Species and LocationLizardfishes nei (multispecies)Saurida spp.ThailandFishery countries:Thailand |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectNot certified or in a FIP |
Sustainability RatingsSustainability not rated |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes
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Species and LocationPatagonian grenadierMacruronus magellanicusArgentineFishery countries:Argentina |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectNot certified or in a FIP |
Sustainability RatingsManaged |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes
References |
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Species and LocationPatagonian scallopZygochlamys patagonicaArgentineFishery countries:Argentina |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectCertified |
Sustainability RatingsWell managed |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes |
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Species and LocationPink salmonOncorhynchus gorbuschaAlaska - Annette Islands ReserveFishery countries:United States |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectCertified |
Sustainability RatingsWell managed |
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Environmental Notes
General NotesReferences |
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Species and LocationPink salmonOncorhynchus gorbuschaAlaskaFishery countries:United States |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectCertified |
Sustainability RatingsWell managed |
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Environmental Notes
General NotesReferences |
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Species and LocationPink salmonOncorhynchus gorbuschaRussia - Iturup Island SakhalinFishery countries:Russia |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectCertified |
Sustainability RatingsWell managed |
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Environmental Notes
General NotesReferences |
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Species and LocationRound sardinellaSardinella auritaNW AfricaFishery countries:Morocco |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectNot certified or in a FIP |
Sustainability RatingsSustainability not rated |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes
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Species and LocationSardinellas neiSardinella sppVietnamFishery countries:Vietnam |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectNot certified or in a FIP |
Sustainability RatingsNeeds improvement |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes
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Species and LocationSkipjack tunaKatsuwonus pelamisWestern and Central Pacific Ocean - WCPFCFishery countries:Thailand |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectNot certified or in a FIP |
Sustainability RatingsManaged |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes
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Species and LocationSkipjack tunaKatsuwonus pelamisWestern and Central Pacific Ocean - WCPFCFishery countries:Marshall Islands, Thailand |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectNot certified or in a FIP |
Sustainability RatingsManaged |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes
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Species and LocationSockeye salmonOncorhynchus nerkaAlaskaFishery countries:United States |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectCertified |
Sustainability RatingsWell managed |
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Environmental Notes
General NotesReferences MRAG Americas, April 2019, MSC Public Certification Report for the Alaska Salmon Fishery |
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Species and LocationSouthern blue whitingMicromesistius australisCampbell IslandFishery countries:New Zealand |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectNot certified or in a FIP |
Sustainability RatingsWell managed |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes
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Species and LocationThreadfin breams neiNemipterus spp.ThailandFishery countries:Thailand |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectNot certified or in a FIP |
Sustainability RatingsSustainability not rated |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes
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Species and LocationWalleye pollockTheragra chalcogrammaSea of OkhotskFishery countries:Russia |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectCertified |
Sustainability RatingsWell managed |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes
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Species and LocationWellington flying squidNototodarus sloaniiEast and West NZFishery countries:New Zealand |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectNot certified or in a FIP |
Sustainability RatingsSustainability not rated |
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Environmental Notes
General Notes
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Species and LocationYellowfin tunaThunnus albacaresIndian OceanFishery countries:Indonesia |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectFIP |
Sustainability RatingsManaged |
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Environmental Notes
General NotesReferences Fishery Progress, Indonesia Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna - handline |
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Species and LocationYellowfin tunaThunnus albacaresEastern Pacific OceanFishery countries:Mexico |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectCertified |
Sustainability RatingsWell managed |
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Environmental Notes
General NotesReferences |
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Species and LocationYellowfin tunaThunnus albacaresWestern and Central Pacific OceanFishery countries:Indonesia |
Production Methods
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Certification or Improvement ProjectFIP |
Sustainability RatingsManaged |
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Environmental Notes
General NotesReferences Fishery Progress, Indonesia Western and Central Pacific Ocean yellowfin tuna - pole & line |
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