by J. Michael Wheeler
Country Goes Bluefin-Free
Seafood Choices Alliance reports that the whole country of Monaco has gone bluefin-free to help protect the troubled tuna species. The fish will no longer be on menus or for sale in Monaco's shops and restaurants. Monaco's transition to a bluefin-free territory is especially significant not only because it is the first territory in the world to take this step but also because the principality has a long tradition of fishing and eating bluefin tuna. This pioneering move by Monaco comes at a time of growing international support for bluefin to be listed as an endangered species when the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meets early next year in Doha, Qatar.
In France, at the end of 2007, Auchan Group decided to stop selling bluefin tuna in all its stores, as well as in its Atac and Simply Market brands. In 2009, after various years of progressive reduction, Carrefour has announced it would not market Mediterranean bluefin tuna in Europe anymore.
Seafood Choices Alliance is an international program that provides leadership and creates opportunities for change across the seafood industry and ocean conservation community. Founded in the United States in 2001, Seafood Choices helps the seafood industry— from fishermen and fish farmers to processors, distributors, retailers, restaurants, and food service providers —to make the seafood marketplace environmentally, economically and socially sustainable. Info Seafood Choices Alliance
Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood
Dividing
his sensibilities between Epicureanism and ethics, Taras Grescoe set
out on a nine-month, worldwide search for a delicious—and humane—plate
of seafood. What he discovered shocked him. From North American Red
Lobsters to fish farms and research centers in China, Bottomfeeder
takes readers on an illuminating tour through the
$55-billion-dollar-a-year seafood industry. Grescoe examines how
out-of-control pollution, unregulated fishing practices, and climate
change affect what ends up on our plate. More than a screed against a
multibillion-dollar industry, however, this is also a balanced and
practical guide to eating, as Grescoe explains to readers which fish
are best for our environment, our seas, and our bodies.
At once
entertaining and illuminating, Bottomfeeder is a thoroughly enjoyable
look at the world’s cuisines and an examination of the fishing and
farming practices we too easily take for granted.
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