Comments on: Are Fish Really a Greener Food Option? http://www.itsfrugalbeinggreen.com/2009/06/are-fish-really-a-greener-food-option.html Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:19:21 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: All Things Eco Blog Carnival Volume Fifty Seven | Focus Organic.com http://www.itsfrugalbeinggreen.com/2009/06/are-fish-really-a-greener-food-option.html#comment-1218 All Things Eco Blog Carnival Volume Fifty Seven | Focus Organic.com Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:32:26 +0000 http://www.itsfrugalbeinggreen.com/?p=1776#comment-1218 [...] presents Are Fish Really a Greener Food Option? posted at It's Frugal Being Green. Another impact of [...] [...] presents Are Fish Really a Greener Food Option? posted at It’s Frugal Being Green. Another impact of [...]

]]> By: mountain http://www.itsfrugalbeinggreen.com/2009/06/are-fish-really-a-greener-food-option.html#comment-1205 mountain Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:48:04 +0000 http://www.itsfrugalbeinggreen.com/?p=1776#comment-1205 that kind of paints a broad brush across seafood. yes, trophy fish like bluefin tuna and marlin swordfish are being overfished and contain high level of mercury. but there are plenty of other seafood options with sustainable practices (either farmed or from well-managed fisheries) and low contaminant levels. heres some you should stay away from: Atlantic cod Chilean Sea Bass Monkfish Orange Roughy Farmed Atlantic Salmon Shark Asian Shrimp Swordfish Yellowfin Tuna (Ahi) Bluefin Tuna and heres some that's a-okay: Anchovies Char (farmed) Mackerel, Atlantic Oysters (farmed) Sablefish (Alaska, Canada) Salmon, Wild (Alaska) Sardines, Pacific (U.S.) Trout, Rainbow (farmed) Tuna, Albacore (U.S., Canada) Mussels enjoy! that kind of paints a broad brush across seafood. yes, trophy fish like bluefin tuna and marlin swordfish are being overfished and contain high level of mercury.

but there are plenty of other seafood options with sustainable practices (either farmed or from well-managed fisheries) and low contaminant levels.

heres some you should stay away from:
Atlantic cod
Chilean Sea Bass
Monkfish
Orange Roughy
Farmed Atlantic Salmon
Shark
Asian Shrimp
Swordfish
Yellowfin Tuna (Ahi)
Bluefin Tuna

and heres some that’s a-okay:
Anchovies
Char (farmed)
Mackerel, Atlantic
Oysters (farmed)
Sablefish (Alaska, Canada)
Salmon, Wild (Alaska)
Sardines, Pacific (U.S.)
Trout, Rainbow (farmed)
Tuna, Albacore (U.S., Canada)
Mussels

enjoy!

]]> By: Jill http://www.itsfrugalbeinggreen.com/2009/06/are-fish-really-a-greener-food-option.html#comment-1171 Jill Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:47:38 +0000 http://www.itsfrugalbeinggreen.com/?p=1776#comment-1171 Great. I know wild caught fish is better for you but is it better for the environment to eat farm raised? Great. I know wild caught fish is better for you but is it better for the environment to eat farm raised?

]]> By: Mrs. Money http://www.itsfrugalbeinggreen.com/2009/06/are-fish-really-a-greener-food-option.html#comment-1155 Mrs. Money Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:00:40 +0000 http://www.itsfrugalbeinggreen.com/?p=1776#comment-1155 Wow. That is crazy! I read on a blog the other day that if we keep fishing the oceans the way we are we'll run out of fish by 2050. So sad. Wow. That is crazy! I read on a blog the other day that if we keep fishing the oceans the way we are we’ll run out of fish by 2050. So sad.

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