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Sustainable Seafood

Q&A With Fish 2.0: Beyond Seafood Business as Usual

David Bank | Posted 05.20.2013 | Business
David Bank

Converting fish waste into food. Powering fish farms in the desert. I caught up with Monica Jain recently to learn what business opportunities are emerging from the Fish 2.0 contest she has organized to connect investors with opportunities in the seafood industry.

Can Trash Fish Make It in the Midwest?

Paul Fehribach | Posted 05.16.2013 | Chicago
Paul Fehribach

Each time we choose to eat an underutilized species instead of an Atlantic salmon or an over-fished cod, swordfish, or bluefin tuna, we give these stressed populations a break and discover anew the possibilities in our oceans and lakes.

Food Choices Are a Key Strategy for Sustainable Tourism

Dr. Dave Randle | Posted 04.25.2013 | Green
Dr. Dave Randle

Most people agree that good tasting food is part of what makes our travels more enjoyable. Unfortunately, the food served at tourism resorts is ofte...

Why We Need a National Ocean Policy

Sea to Table | Posted 04.24.2013 | Green
Sea to Table

This week over one billion people in 192 countries celebrated Earth Day. We planted trees, shared recycling tips, pledged action to combat climate c...

Seafood Sustainability Requires a Global Approach

Kerry Coughlin | Posted 04.19.2013 | Green
Kerry Coughlin

When you see the MSC eco-label in your grocery store or on a restaurant menu, it not only means the fish you are buying is accurately identified. It represents a collective effort to address a global issue that affects the food security and livelihood of billions of people.

Are Sustainable Seafood Labels Misleading?

Agence France Presse | Posted 04.12.2013 | Green

The world's biggest scheme to certify that seafish come from sustainable sources has come under fire in a scientific journal, where researchers say th...

Get Smart

Belinda Waymouth | Posted 04.09.2013 | Green
Belinda Waymouth

Eighty percent of Americans want to eat sustainably caught fish. If the blue-and-white MSC label is not all it's cracked up to be, how do we do that?

Eat Patriotic Fish

Sea to Table | Posted 04.08.2013 | Taste
Sea to Table

How do I know what fish is ok to buy? One simple step we can all take is to buy wild domestic seafood.

Small-scale Fisheries Have Big Impacts on Sea Turtles

Bryan Wallace | Posted 04.01.2013 | Green
Bryan Wallace

While lots of seafood does come from those industrial, large-scale vessels, perhaps 99 percent of the world's more than 50 million fishermen operate in artisanal, traditional and subsistence fisheries, mostly in developing countries.

Exotic Specialty Becomes Endangered Species

The Huffington Post | Joe Satran | Posted 03.14.2013 | Green

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, took action to reduce global trade in endangered sharks...

Sustainable Alternatives To Bluefin Tuna

Menuism | Posted 04.26.2013 | Taste
Menuism

There are several species of bluefin tuna, and all of the world's populations have declined dramatically in recent decades.

National Study Reveals Rampant Seafood Fraud

The Huffington Post | Carey Polis | Posted 02.22.2013 | Business

Oceana, an international ocean advocacy group, has released a report on national seafood fraud [pdf], and the results are disconcerting. The report, w...

Are Trash Fish the Answer?

Michael Leviton | Posted 02.19.2013 | Green
Michael Leviton

It is more important than ever for us to grapple with the challenge of our dwindling fish stocks, to continue learning from one another and to communicate the excitement and possibilities of underutilized species to a larger audience.

Who Can You Trust for Sustainable Seafood?

Sea to Table | Posted 04.21.2013 | Green
Sea to Table

Last week's NPR investigation on MSC-certified seafood has many questioning where to turn for sustainable seafood. The MSC label is supposed to guaran...

Fishermen and Chefs United: Keep Catch Shares On The Table

Matt Rand | Posted 04.18.2013 | Green
Matt Rand

Recently, some in Congress have attempted to take catch shares off the table for fishery managers, limiting regional councils' ability to make the best decision for their fishermen.

Taste Test: McDonald's Fish McBites

Posted 04.08.2013 | Business

If you've walked by a McDonald's recently, perhaps you've noticed a large banner promoting Fish McBites -- one of the newest additions to the menu. Or...

The Problem With Sustainable Seafood

The Huffington Post | Carey Polis | Posted 02.14.2013 | Green

Sustainable seafood has become a pretty common buzzword in the past several years, though if one actually tries to define the term, there are likely t...

The End of the New England Fisherman?

Sea to Table | Posted 04.07.2013 | Green
Sea to Table

Last week marked a historic turning point for many fishing communities when the New England Fishery Management Council approved deep cuts to the cod...

McSustainable Seafood

Sea to Table | Posted 01.29.2013 | Home
Sea to Table

McDonald's is the first restaurant chain to use the Marine Stewardship Council label, which means every Fish McBite Happy Meal comes with a guarantee that you are making a responsible choice. But is a label enough?

McDonald's To Serve Sustainable Fish In All U.S. Locations

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 01.25.2013 | Home

Big news out of the McDonald's camp today: the chain will become the U.S.'s first national restaurant chain to serve certified-sustainable seafood at ...

Farm-to-Table Lessons for Sustainable Seafood

Sea to Table | Posted 03.24.2013 | Home
Sea to Table

Congress has been debating giving disaster relief to fishermen in the wake of Hurricane Sandy . This idea of 'fish aid' reminds us of Farm Aid, a move...

Why Do We Need GMO Farmed Salmon?

Sea to Table | Posted 01.16.2013 | Home
Sea to Table

There are plenty of reasons to oppose genetically engineered salmon, ranging from consumer health concerns to environmental risk, but there's a larger question we need to ask. What kind of food system do we want to sustain us?

The Best Bivalves For Your Chowder

Menuism | Posted 03.17.2013 | Taste
Menuism

Bivalves are shellfish consisting of two hinged shells and a soft body, such as oysters, mussels, clams, and scallops.

Overfishing Has Cut Pacific Bluefin Tuna Stocks 96 Percent, Says Study

The Huffington Post | Joe Satran | Posted 02.11.2013 | Home

The latest stock assessment of Bluefin tuna in the Pacific released on Wednesday indicates that overfishing has pushed the stock of the giant fish dow...

Climate Change Challenges New England Fishermen

Sea to Table | Posted 03.10.2013 | Green
Sea to Table

For years scientists have been blaming fishermen for depleted cod stocks in the Gulf of Maine, but now evidence points to another culprit -- climate c...