They have very high nutrient levels, high omega-3 levels and under the right conditions can contribute to ecosystem health. All of those species come to market with a minimal carbon footprint. Similarly, favoring farmed bivalves like mussels, clams and oysters is not a bad way to focus your seafood eating habit. They actually make very nutritious, low-carbon, low-impact meals. If you want to get more fine-scale, eat smaller fish like sardines and anchovies. So, a very simple thing to do is just buy American if you can. The United States has some of the most well-managed fisheries in the world. What is one thing American seafood consumers can do to help improve sustainability of fish populations and healthier oceans? By kind of sleepwalking and choosing seafood based on what's cheap, we often don't honor the sustainability that we'd like to see become the norm. They may be eating illegally caught fish that has traded hands so many different times that it's nearly impossible to trace.
I think the most dangerous trend is consumers just not really having any idea where their seafood is coming from. What is the most worrisome consumer trend in seafood? What we are striving for is a world in which we know exactly what we're eating and exactly how it was caught. A lot of fish are caught and then transshipped to floating processing vessels which can more or less erases provenance – we don’t know where the catch has come from.
But there’s a more under-the-radar bogeyman out there and that’s transshipment.
When conservationists hone in on what’s to blame for overfishing and ocean degradation they often point the finger at bottom trawling since it can be indiscriminate in what’s caught and can destroy fish habitat in the process of harvest. What’s the most dangerous fishing practice most people don't know enough about right now? I spoke with him about the greatest threats facing fish, the greatest opportunities to restore ocean health and the everyday steps seafood consumers can take to help improve the sustainability of fish populations and maintain healthy oceans. A lifelong sport fisherman, Paul has traveled the globe researching the impact that overfishing, illegal fishing and climate change is having on people and the planet. Paul Greenberg is the best-selling author of the James Beard Award-winning “Four Fish” and writer-in-residence at The Safina Center.
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