[Update: Since posting this video, KQEDondemand's YouTube channel has made it for 'private' viewing only. I am hoping they will make it public, as it once was, for it is very informative. Sorry for any inconvenience.]
February 01, 2010 KQED just posted a video on YouTube from their program Quest. This episode looks at the great [...]
Tag Archives: Monterey Bay Aquarium
KQED’s Quest: the Great White Shark
Posted in CUpS Food News Wire Also tagged ocean, overfishing, predator, seafood, shark, sustainable seafood Post a comment
Fish2Fork ‘names and shames’ restaurants
January 16, 2010 British journalist, Charles Clover, whose book led to the documentary film, The End of the Line, recently launched a new website: Fish2Fork. It’s purpose is to educate and and make known those eating establishments which are serving sustainable seafood vs. those that aren’t. Eaters have an opportunity to participate by posting their [...]
Posted in CUpS Food News Wire Also tagged consumers, eaters, eating out, End of the Line, endangered, Environment, extinction, fish, Fish2fork, overfishing, restaurant, seafood, seafood watch, sustainable seafood 1 Comment
State of the Oceans Health: In Crisis
The oceans remain a relatively unexplored frontier, as only 5 percent of the ocean floor has been investigated. Put into context, more than 1,500 people have climbed Mount Everest, more than 300 have journeyed into space, 12 have walked on the moon, but only 2 people have descended and returned in a single dive to [...]
Sardines: Sustainable Food to Feed the World
Sustainable, abundant, inexpensive, and healthy to eat
From a talk at the recent Cooking For Solutions conference, Dr. Geoff Shester, the Senior Science Manager, Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Sustainable Seafood Initiative describes a sustainably managed fish, high in protein and healthy nutrients, abundant, inexpensive to produce, that could feed a large number of people, affordably. So, what’s [...]
Posted in Food Conversations Also tagged aquaculture, Environment, healhy fish to eat, marine, ocean, sardines, sea, sustainable food 3 Comments
Seafood Watch
Sustainable Seafood:
“…Originating from sources, whether fished or farmed, that can maintain or increase production in the long term without jeopardizing the structure or function of affected ecosystems.” The David Suzuki Foundation
“In simple terms, a particular seafood product is sustainable if it comes from a fishery whose practices can be maintained indefinitely without reducing [...]
Posted in Food News Also tagged choosing the right fish to buy, Environment, health of our oceans, marine biology, national geographic, oceans, seafood, seafood watch, sustainable fishing 5 Comments
Fishing for the Local Availability of Fresh Fish
Navigating my way around the fish counter
One thing I’ve learned about this journey to a more sustainable food lifestyle is that I still have so much to learn. Just when I think I’ve got a good handle on things I discover there is still yet another area where I fall short. First it [...]
Posted in Food Conversations Also tagged Environment, fish, fresh fish, good fish to eat, heather jones, list of fish to eat, Marine Conservation Society, sea harvest, sustainable fish 2 Comments
