Courtesy of Rubes Zoo Box, 2008 Desk Calendar, available on Amazon.com.
Want some help choosing seafood next time you're out to dinner? Visit Seafood Watch, a program of Monterey Bay Aquarium designed to raise consumer awareness about the importance of buying seafood from sustainable sources. The group recommends which seafood to buy or avoid, helping consumers to become advocates for environmentally friendly seafood.
“The choices we make as consumers drive the seafood market place. Your purchasing power can make a difference by supporting those fisheries and fish farms that are better for the environment, while at the same time relieving pressure on others that are not doing as well.”
“The choices we make as consumers drive the seafood market place. Your purchasing power can make a difference by supporting those fisheries and fish farms that are better for the environment, while at the same time relieving pressure on others that are not doing as well.”
Seafood Watch, allows you to search various seafood choices online and it also publishes regional pocket guides. For us land-locked folks in the Midwest, our best choices are:
Barramundi (U.S. Farmed), Bay Scallops (Farmed), Catfish (U.S. Farmed), Caviar, Sturgeon (Farmed), Clams (Farmed), Cod, Pacific (U.S. Pacific Ocean Longline, jig and trap), Crab, Dungeness Crab, Imitation (Alaska), Crab, Stone Halibut, Pacific Herring, Atlantic Lobster, Spiny (U.S. and Australia Trap-Caught), Mussels (Farmed), Oysters (Farmed), Pollock (U.S. caught from Alaska), Salmon (Wild-Caught Alaska), Sardine, Pacific Striped Bass (Farmed), Striped Bass (Wild-Caught), Sturgeon (Farmed), Tilapia (U.S. Farmed) Trout, Rainbow (Farmed), Tuna, Albacore (British Columbia, U.S. Troll/Pole), Tuna, Skipjack (Worldwide Troll/Pole), and Tuna, Yellowfin (U.S. Atlantic Ocean Troll/Pole).
Barramundi (U.S. Farmed), Bay Scallops (Farmed), Catfish (U.S. Farmed), Caviar, Sturgeon (Farmed), Clams (Farmed), Cod, Pacific (U.S. Pacific Ocean Longline, jig and trap), Crab, Dungeness Crab, Imitation (Alaska), Crab, Stone Halibut, Pacific Herring, Atlantic Lobster, Spiny (U.S. and Australia Trap-Caught), Mussels (Farmed), Oysters (Farmed), Pollock (U.S. caught from Alaska), Salmon (Wild-Caught Alaska), Sardine, Pacific Striped Bass (Farmed), Striped Bass (Wild-Caught), Sturgeon (Farmed), Tilapia (U.S. Farmed) Trout, Rainbow (Farmed), Tuna, Albacore (British Columbia, U.S. Troll/Pole), Tuna, Skipjack (Worldwide Troll/Pole), and Tuna, Yellowfin (U.S. Atlantic Ocean Troll/Pole).
I had the opportunity to speak with Seafood Watch at the recent International Association of Culinary Professionals conference in New Orleans. New guides and choices for the Central U.S. are coming soon and will include options that can be caught in our lake regions.
Smelt, anyone? Yumm . . .
- GE, 4/25/08
Smelt, anyone? Yumm . . .
- GE, 4/25/08
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