SOP Goes Carbon Neutral!

SOP was asked to participate in an initiative started in Germany called “My blog is carbon neutral”. We are very excited to join the program for two reasons: we are helping the environment; and this give us a perfect opportunity to alert our readers to a potentially disastrous problem called ocean acidification.

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Sustainable Seafood Abroad: England

So far, SOP has taken a mostly U.S.-centric view of sustainable seafood. The movement is also thriving in a handful of other countries around the world. As part of a new series, we will highlight efforts taking place outside of the U.S. Our first stop is across the pond in England.

Some of England’s chefs and [...]

Invest in Sustainable Seafood!

If you have a bunch of spare cash and believe that sustainable seafood has growth potential, call up Sea Change Management and ask about their Sea Change Investment Fund. The only such fund in the United States, Sea Change is a venture fund investing in companies that “help to expand the market for environmentally-preferable seafood [...]

Where does your grocery store rank in seafood sustainability?

Major retailers of seafood can have huge effects on the health of fish stocks. Greenpeace took it upon themselves to rank twenty of the largest retailers in North America on how sustainable their seafood products and purchasing policies are. Their report, Carting Away the Oceans, was most recently updated this past summer.

The retailers that received [...]

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 [...]

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Sustainable Ocean Project (SOP) brings you inspiring stories and easy to understand information about a growing sustainable and local seafood movement that we all should be a part of.