Seafood Smarts

As I just returned from Monterey Bay Aquarium, here in Northern Ca., I wanted to give some insight into the seafood world.

There are many fish that are great to eat and sustainable. These fish are abundant and caught and farmed in ways that are good for our environment. Farmed striped bass, talapia (US farmed) to name a few.

There is also a list that we should avoid. As these fish for now, are farmed in ways that harm other marine life and/or the environment. These fish can also carry mercury in unsafe levels and/or other contaminants. Atlantic cod, monkfish and orange roughy to name a few.

As consumers we have a lot of power where and how we spend our money. I am awakening to more and more ideas where I need to take action now. A way to keep our planet and bodies more healthy and of course treat the animals around us with more respect. In this case, fish are giving their lives so that we can share a nice dinner with friends and/or family. I am for ever grateful to have choices in what I eat and with those choices I learn all that I can to make well informed wise decisions that in the long term really do effect us all.

To learn more about my brief overview go to www.seafoodwatch.org.

This site will give more info. on what to eat and watch out for so that you too can start making more informed choices.

Once we have the information we need to be more responsible.