How to Buy Fish and Seafood Sustainable

How to Buy Fish and Seafood Sustainable

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What the conscious fish consumer should pay attention to and what he/she should avoid.

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How to Buy Sustainable Fish – What You Need to Know About Fish

When I was little the best part of celebrating Christmas at my grandparents’ house was stuffing my face with the seemingly endless supply of poached shrimp. I would sit next to their walnut coffee table and tease my uncles about dipping shrimp after shrimp into spicy horseradish cocktail sauce and there was something about the sheer quantity I ate that made it all feel special.

What I didn’t realize at the time was why there was so much shrimp: shrimp was relatively cheap. And until I read the AP’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2016 investigation into Southeast Asia’s fishing industry abuses I didn’t fully understand the true cost of that cheap shrimp.

But it's not just about shrimp: the fishing industry is a quagmire of all kinds of ethical issues.