2012 Olympics Aims for Sustainability

The 2012 Olympic organizers have committed to serving only sustainable seafood during the games. Converging in London for the events, athletes and fans are expected to eat 14 million meals including more than 180,000 pounds of seafood. This week the organizers released their Food Vision, a compilation of goals and standards to achieve sustainability.

Sustainable Seafood Movement Trends

In two separate accounts this week, trends show increasingly that the sustainable seafood movement is growing roots. In the National Restaurant Association’s annual chef survey, What’s Hot in 2010, sustainable seafood was featured in several ways. And, a leading online seafood industry news and opinion site called SeafoodSource.com reported on an increase in job positions [...]

Sustainable Seafood: Tools of the Trade

Now that we’ve had an introduction to sustainable seafood, it’s time to talk about tools that can help us with our decision making. Bear in mind, none of the resources listed in this article provides absolute truth. That’s impossible. The ocean and its fish populations are too complex to completely understand and too dynamic to [...]

Sustainable Seafood Recipes

A few weeks ago, SOP wrote about “Teach a Man to Fish,” a blog event promoting sustainable seafood by encouraging people to share recipes. Today, Jacqueline Church posted the 2009 Recipe Roundup of the event on her blog. Check out all the recipes….especially SOP’s featured recipe, Maine Shrimp Fra Diavolo. It’s simple and delicious. If [...]

Maine Fishermen Think Outside the Net

Fishermen are among the most innovative people in the world. They have to be in order to make a living and survive as an industry. The Midcoast Fishermen’s Cooperative is changing the way they do business with an eye toward sustainability of their livelihood and the resources on which they depend. SOP sat down [...]

What is Sustainable Seafood?

So far, SOP has tried to convince you that the sustainable seafood movement is a legitimate social development. Along the way, some of you may have asked, “What exactly is sustainable seafood?” Let’s take a step back for a quick schooling.
Sustainable seafood is complex and dynamic issue. SOP does not expect seafood consumers [...]

Top Chef Features Sustainable Seafood!

The sustainable seafood movement is making its way through prime time television. This is yet another sign of how important this issue has become.

Top Chef Season 6, Episode 9, aired October 21st featuring sustainable seafood throughout the challenges. Celebrity chef and advocate for the movement, Rick Moonen, served as guest judge and provided contestants [...]

“Turning the Tide”

Mark your calendars! The Monterey Bay Aquarium just released a report that will serve as a benchmark from which to measure progress of the sustainable seafood movement into the future. The report highlights where we are and where we’re going. For all you newbies to the movement, it also gives us tons of easy to [...]

Top 10 Misunderstood Terms in Fisheries Management

Fishery/fisheries: The industry or industries dedicated to the catching, processing, and selling of fish, shellfish, or other aquatic animals; not a hatchery.
Management/Managers: Taking action to regulate the behavior of fishermen and therefore affect a fish population to achieve certain objectives, such as maximizing the harvest of fish while allowing the population to replenish itself. [...]

What is blogging and how do blogs work?

About two months ago a good friend taught me that blogs can be a very powerful tool. Before that, I didn’t even know what blogging meant. And since then, I’ve developed a slight addiction to reading blogs and was motivated enough to start this one.
The Value of Reading Blogs
Unless you are a truly boring individual [...]

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