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Famed Fish Market Gives Sustainability a Toss

Seattle’s Pike Place Fish Market is going to be famous for something other than throwing fish around. The retailer has committed to be 100 percent sustainable. This is no small task for owner John Yokoyama who sells over 100 types of seafood. SOP explains challenges that lie ahead and offers a suggestion for moving forward. [...]

Publix Moving Toward Sustainability

Publix becomes the first grocery store chain to make headlines for its sustainable seafood policy since Greenpeace released its Carting Away the Oceans report last month. However, the two events are not linked. Publix has been working hard on its program and policies for the past year. SOP reports on the employee-owned company’s exciting [...]

Sustainable Seafood Abroad: France

So far, 2010 is proving to be a big year for France and its seafood consumers. SOP profiles positive gains France is making in the sustainable seafood front, and we highlight where improvements are needed.

In February, a global summit about sustainable seafood took place in Paris. Seafood Choices Alliance brought together seafood industry leaders [...]

Where does your grocery store rank in seafood sustainability in 2010?

Greenpeace recently released the 2010 Carting Away the Oceans report. The environmental activism organization once again ranks the twenty largest retailers in North America on how well they are keeping up with the sustainable seafood movement. SOP found this year’s report to have a more optimistic (but still scornful) tone.

A quick comparison between the [...]

Buy Fresh Sustainable Seafood Online

Anyone in the lower 48 United States can now have delicious sustainable seafood delivered straight to his or her door. The new company, i love blue sea, makes it easy to buy sushi-quality fish and shellfish through its website. SOP believes the company’s trifecta of superior product, ensured sustainability, and helpful information is a model [...]

Marvesta Raises Shrimp Above Ground

Starting in 2002, three young proprietors combined their expertise in business and technology, and applied it to sustainable aquaculture. The friends found a plot of land on Maryland’s Eastern Shore for their operation and set off to carve a niche in the market of the most consumed seafood in the U.S…..shrimp. SOP spoke with Scott [...]

Barton Seaver: Visionary of Sustainability (Part 2)

Tracking Barton’s career as a chef and restaurateur in Part 1 of this story helped us understand how his views of sustainability have evolved to the present. During SOP’s interview with head chef and owner of Blue Ridge Restaurant in DC, he dropped a couple insights into how we as consumers can engage in the [...]

Carolina Seafood: Keeping it Fresh

Duke University students and Carteret Catch, a fish industry marketing and education group in Carteret County, are teaming up to bring fresh North Carolina seafood to local markets. The collaboration is one of the latest community supported fisheries (CSF) programs to pop up in the United States. The goals are clear: increase access to locally [...]

Target Takes Aim at Farmed Salmon

In a monumental move, retail giant Target announced yesterday that it is removing all farm-raised salmon products from its 1,744 stores nationwide. From now on, salmon sold under Target owned brands will be wild-caught and from Alaska. While this is another significant contribution to the sustainable seafood movement, SOP explains how Target can do more [...]

Oprah Labels Sardines A ‘Superfood’

We all know when Oprah speaks, America listens. She recently singled out sardines as an ingredient that we should incorporate into our diet. SOP agrees with Oprah because this little fish that could is sustainable, good for you, and very tasty.

Last month, Oprah announced on her website 25 superfoods we should consider eating if we [...]

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