Fish Friday: Sustainable Fish

Switch from IMPORTED TILAPIA to WHITE PERCH Why? Conoerns inolude esoaped fish, disease transfor and waste. (U.S.-farmed tilapia is oxay.) Switch from BLUEFIN TUNA to ALBACORE (pole/troll caught) Why? The bluefin tuna has been overexploited almost to the point of extinotion. Would youeat a panda bear? Switoh from GROUPER to STRIPED BASS Why? Grouper has been overfished and 1s in danger of becoming oxtinot. Make the Switch, To Sustainable Fish Switoh from ORANGE ROUGHY aka sime Head to PACIFIC COD (otton longline onught) Why? Orange Roughy has been overfished and 1s most commonly caught using the bottom trawl mothod which disrupts the oaean's 800system snd other fish. Switoh from ATLANTIC SALMON to TROUT (olosed-oyotem farmod). Why? Atlantio salmon farns have serious 1ssues with escaped fish, disease transfer, pollution and more. Switoh from SOLE to (Lake Erie) PICKEREL Why? Bottom trawling oauses habitat damage and results in considerable byoatoh of other speoies.