Sushi update

Posted by Siel in environment, food (Wednesday April 26, 2006 at 7:21 pm)

There are moments when I think I really am going a lil fish crazy.

Like when I’m updating my “Seafood Watch” guide from the Monterey Bay Aquarium with the MiniGuide to Ocean Friendly Seafood from the Blue Ocean Institute.

All this cuz a girl womaning a booth at the Santa Monica Earth Day event told me that my Seafood Watch guide — which I’d replaced my Audubon Seafood Wallet Card with — was out of date.

The upside: Aside from farmed Rainbow Trout, which moved from the “best choices” to the “proceed with caution” category, all other movements require less caution for pescatarians. For ex: Pretty much all crab is now eco-eater friendly.

Yum. Are eco-anal seafood eaters making a difference? I hope so –

Update, 1/07: Now there’s all this news about mercury and DDT contamination — which makes me think I need to curb that sushi habit. Here’s one grassroots effort that could help –

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