So eating seafood is pretty good for us, but many of the standard fish we eat are being over fished. To complicate things further, there are a few species of fish that are causing trouble as invaders. So the simple solution is to start eating the invaders!
According to an advocacy group named Food & Water Watch, Asian Carp and Lionfish are top on the list of pesky troublemakers. The problem is, you can't really find these guys at your local market. Ashley Hawkins of Whole Foods had this to say about why these fish aren't stocked in the store: "We simply haven't investigated, as there has been no urging from customers to do so."
Well, that seems like an easy fix. Here are some links where you can urge your favorite market to carry these fish:
Whole Foods
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/company/service.php
Big Y
https://www.bigy.com/contact/index.php
The idea is simple, eat less fish that are being strained enough as it is, and eat more fish that are causing problems as invasive species anyway.http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/company/service.php
Big Y
https://www.bigy.com/contact/index.php
Original Article:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/07/07/137674792/in-a-fish-eat-fish-world-order-asian-carp-and-lionfish-to-save-the-rest
2 comments:
Here's a cool resource:
http://www.fish2fork.com/fish-facts.aspx
It rates restaurants based on whether or not they serve sea food responsibly, suggests fish that are ok to eat and those that aren't and follows sustainable sea food in the news.
And at this site you can search for fish and see their sustainability rating:
http://www.fishonline.org/
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