What you eat has a huge impact on wildlife and that’s true for the ocean too. Commercial fishing can have large-scale negative impacts on dolphins, turtles, and whole ecosystems. Overfishing can endanger the species itself that is fished, affecting ecosystems and our food availability. Â
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Some people advocate for stopping to eat seafood all together, but this may not be the best option for us and even sea life. A better option is sustainable seafood – it sounds counterintuitive, but in this episode we talk about why. What is sustainable seafood? And how do you know what to buy?Â
I invited Jackie Marks of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) to the podcast to talk about everything sustainable seafood. I’ve been looking for the MSC logo every time I buy fish for the past few years now. In this podcast we talk about what that certification represents.
Specifically we talk about:
- What is sustainable seafood? How does it differ from regular seafood? Is there such a thing as sustainable fishing or it is a myth?Â
- What is the Marine Stewardship Council? How do companies earn the certification on their products? What does it mean to be certified?Â
- Do we still need to buy dolphin safe tuna? How is MSC different than dolphin safe?
- Should people go completely vegan/vegetarian? What would be the consequences of that?Â
- Are there specific species we should avoid? General recommendations when ordering seafood?Â
- What did Seaspiracy get wrong? And what did they get right? How did they misrepresent the MSC?
- and MORE!
Remember, when it comes to change, the key is to always move towards progress – not perfection. It is way better to have lots of people taking action imperfectly than few people getting it all right.Â
