seafood

Ocean Cleanup 101: Everything You Need to Know

Ocean Cleanup 101: Everything You Need to Know

Quick Key Facts Ocean Plastic: The Basics  The Earth’s oceans are teeming with life — and with plastic. In fact, by 2050, it’s expected that there will be even more plastic in the ocean than fish. Adding to the 150 million tons already in marine environments, eight million tons of plastic reaches our oceans every […]

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    Plant-Based Shrimp and Calamari Coming to UK Grocery Stores

    Plant-Based Shrimp and Calamari Coming to UK Grocery Stores

    Growthwell Foods, a plant-based food company based in Singapore, is launching its brand HAPPIEE! in select grocery retailers in the UK. The vegan brand offers more than just the usual plant-based nuggets and burgers — HAPPIEE! includes offerings like alternatives to shrimp and calamari. HAPPIEE! is now available at Ocado, an online grocer based in […]

    China Bans All Japanese Seafood Imports as Fukushima Wastewater Is Released Into Pacific

    China Bans All Japanese Seafood Imports as Fukushima Wastewater Is Released Into Pacific

    Japan has begun discharging treated water containing radioactive tritium from the decommissioned Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean. The move led to China announcing an immediate ban on all aquatic products from the island nation. China’s customs bureau said in a statement that it was “highly concerned about the risk of radioactive […]

    Overfishing 101: Everything You Need to Know

    Overfishing 101: Everything You Need to Know

    Quick Key Facts What Is Overfishing? Overfishing occurs when fish are caught faster than their populations can reproduce and replenish themselves, and it’s among the greatest threats to our oceans. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, one-third of assessed fisheries worldwide are pushed beyond their biological limits, which has severe […]

    Good Fish Guide Says Northeast Atlantic Mackerel Fishery Has Become Unsustainable

    Good Fish Guide Says Northeast Atlantic Mackerel Fishery Has Become Unsustainable

    If you are trying to stick with sustainable seafood, don’t buy mackerel.  That’s the latest recommendation of the UK-based Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS) Good Fish Guide, which rates popular fish as “Best Choice” (green), “OK-Needs Improvement” (amber) or “Fish to Avoid” (red). “Unfortunately, Northeast Atlantic mackerel has moved on to the amber list, having been […]

    How Sustainable and Ethical Is the Tuna at Your Supermarket?

    How Sustainable and Ethical Is the Tuna at Your Supermarket?

    Was the tuna at your local supermarket caught sustainably by people treated humanely and paid a living wage? Greenpeace released its second annual report Monday ranking 16 major U.S. supermarkets on the environmental and human rights bonafides of their tuna supply chains. It turns out that only one of them managed to score higher than […]

    American Lobster Added to ‘Red List’ of Unsustainable Seafood Due to Dangers to North Atlantic Right Whales

    American Lobster Added to ‘Red List’ of Unsustainable Seafood Due to Dangers to North Atlantic Right Whales

    If you want to eat only sustainable seafood, American lobster (Homarus americanus) is now off the menu. The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s influential consumer and retail guide Seafood Watch has added the crimson crustaceans to its “Red List” of seafoods to avoid because of the dangers that lobster pots pose to critically endangered North Atlantic right […]