How to shop for sustainable seafood

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" . . . Lovewell shared three simple things to keep in mind while shopping for sustainable seafood:

1. Eat American seafood caught locally or regionally preferably.
2. Eat seasonal variety, not just the tuna, salmon and shrimp, but the delicious and unique species that you might not have had before.
3. Ask where your fish was caught and how it was caught. Transparency is hard to come by in this industry, so seek out and support the businesses you can trust.

Plus, eating lower on the food chain is typically considered to be more sustainable. . . "

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frankly - very mis-informed article / author.
eating a locally caught fish on the threatened or endangered list is not responsible or sustainable.
it's not where it's caught, or the season it is caught, it is whether intentional or unintentional (i.e. by-catch) harvesting threatens the species.

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If possible, go to the local pier or harbor and buy directly from the boat.

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None of those three (even collectively), beat this one, IMO:

4. Know what varieties are sustainable and/or those under threat.

I regularly use this website to keep me up to date with what's OK and what's not OK - 

https://www.msc.org/what-you-can-do/eat-sustainable-seafood/fish-to-eat?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIr6TumNOh8gIVFu3tCh3cewibEAAYAyAAEgJ1bvD_BwE

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It's an interesting dilemma. farmed shrimp are better for those shrimp, though I'd argue they taste different than wild. But wild shrimp are tougher to come by and more endangered. BUT, farmed shrimp are often farmed where mangroves have been removed (shallow waters), and , aside from volcanism, mangroves are one of the few ways to make more land. With rising oceans, we might need more land than cheaper , less impressive, shrimp.

I liked Harters source.

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