Thursday, July 16, 2009

Green shellfish

How to pick out sustainable seafood. - By Nina Shen Rastogi - Slate Magazine

Interesting to note for the above article:
For an easy way to cut your seafood-related emissions, try to shift your diet toward farmed oysters, mussels, and clams—these shellfish don't require any processed feed. (They eat plankton instead.) Many experts also recommend that you make like a European and learn to love smaller, schooling fish like sardines, anchovies, and mackerel. They're easier to catch than big, bottom-dwelling carnivores like cod and haddock, meaning less fuel is expended to harvest them. (Plus, since they're lower on the food chain, they're naturally more energy efficient.)
For some reason, though, fish shops around Brisbane charge quite a high price for sardines.

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