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SeafoodJen and I have had an ongoing discussion about sustainable fish consumption for some time now. Fish is a great food from health angles, but overfishing and contaminated fish farms that pollute the marine environment leave us (Jen particularly) uncomfortable with chowing down on our fishy friends. While procrastinating on my schoolwork today I looked into this a little bit. I first found EcoFish, a US based sustainable fish marketer. While EcoFish do not (I believe) sell fish here in Canada, they did have some interesting pointers to good sources of fish information. I have been wanting to locate a good source of information on fish consumption for a while, and the EcoFish people point to three interesting ones. They all have pros and cons, but the one I am taken by is Seafood Watch (run by the Monterey Bay Aquarium). This site sports a consumer focus, an appealing interface, and printable wallet cards for taking to the grocery store. When they don’t recommend a fish for purchase, they are specific about which fisheries (i.e. place fish is caught) are a problem and why. The other info sites pointed to by EcoFish are: Blue Ocean Institute which has less of a consumer focus, but a points based criteria system (click on one of the fish species); Oceans Alive which I think is a bit on the permissive side; and Seafood Choices Alliance targeted at the restaurant industry. Also there is the Marine Stewardship Council which has certified the Alaskan Salmon fishery. It has not certified many others…
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