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Eat Fish The Right Way
August 27, 2007
Stett Holbrook wrote a nice review of Paul Johnson's new book, Fish Forever: The Definitive Guide to Understanding, Selecting, and Preparing Healthy, Delicious, and Environmentally Sustainable Seafood, in last week's metroactive.
Mr. Johnson owns the Monterey Fish Market, a retail shop in Berkeley, and a wholesale fish business at Pier 33 in San Francisco. He knows a thing or two about fish, and is a firm believer in sustainable consumption. That's consistent with the take here at No Fish In My Dish as well. Mr. Holbrook pointed out the crux of the overfishing problem: Americans eat 2.5 times more fish than 20 years ago, and it now comes from all over the world instead of local waters. That means our consumption habits have far-reaching consequences on the health of fisheries and the oceans. Depleted fish stocks, bycatch, environmentally destructive fish farms, mercury contamination and other concerns have made what was once a feel-good choice fraught with complications.Fish are mostly a wild resource. We don't control them the way we control cattle, pigs, and chickens. We will never eat all of the cattle in the world, for instance, because we farm it and manage it the way we manage any other inventory. Fish, on the other hand, aren't so simple. There's a very real chance that we will eat all the fisheries in the ocean to unsustainable levels by the middle of this century. Too many people chasing too few fish can only go on so long. That's why we must reduce our consumption. As is made clear in No Fish In My Dish, fewer fish bought means fewer fish caught. Labels: Books
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