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| Sturgeon at the Biodome in Montreal |
It has been a while since my last post but I have moved home for the summer and have been enjoying my parents cooking (a little to much...) and moved into lazy mode. I was doing my daily news/blog reading and came across this
article. I am re-blogging this because I value the earth's oceans, lakes, and rivers and if a small amount of people read this and start taking time to research where their fish come from and what type of fish to avoid, I will have done my good deed for today. Commercial Fishing is a problem and needs to be better managed. The rate that the world's people consume fish is destroying the earth. Now, I eat, or try to eat fish twice a week as it is very healthy. I am also careful what fish I buy and where I buy it. I always buy local if I can and I also shop at stores that promote local and organic food. I never buy fish that are in danger.
Farmboy, in the Ottawa area is a great place to buy fish. They always have a label that says if it is farmed, sustainable farmed, wild, or local and they usually have an organic selection too. Costco is another good place to buy fish as they have that info on hand. They are also clean and their fish never have that fishy smell. If the place that you shop has fish that smell fishy, then don't buy the fish! It means it is old and not kept properly.
Never buy farmed fish unless you know it has been sustainably farmed. Farmed fish are fed other fish, usually from the ocean. Your store should know when the fish was brought in, and where it came from. If they don't, ask to see if a manager (or owner) knows or don't by the fish.
I could ramble on all day about fish but it would probably bore you to death. The main point is to spread that article around and get people to think about what they are buying and where it comes from.
