Simple steps for healthy oceans

Your consumer choices shape the fate of the seas.  Get a seafood wallet card so you have a handy reference to help select the most sustainable choices at the market and restaurants.

Does your bacon taste fishy?  It might, given the amount of fish pigs eat.  Instead of literally casting the ocean’s bounty before swine, we can enjoy these fish ourselves.  Check out the “Eat Like a Pig” card to see the fish most commonly used to feed pigs and chickens.  Many of these fish are high in omega-3 fatty acids and low in mercury.

Last but most importantly, be informed.  Whether it’s watching the amazing Blue Planet series (made by the same folks behind Planet Earth) or reading about environmental issues each week at Andrew Revkin’s Dot Earth blog, knowing more about the ocean and the rest of the natural world is the best way to help preserve it.

 

This will continue to be updated with other simple steps.