Aquarium advocates planet-friendly sushi

If you down a plate of maguro for lunch or can't go a week without a dragon roll, the folks at the Monterey Bay Aquarium would like to have a word with you.

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• fuchikoma - Sep 29, 2008
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  While falling demand makes some difference, I don't really think a person eating a pound or maybe two (!!!) of raw assorted fish a week is the big problem with fish stocks. Perhaps if they ate 20,000 tonnes every day...
  
  It's mostly the fishing methods that are employed now, basically filtering a swath of ocean out and leaving a desert and discarded offal behind.
  
  I'm not sure how it would help the fishing industry, but my biggest beef (HAR HAR) with land-based meat production is how so many animals are raised, slaughtered, butchered, offered as meat for sale, then thrown out because no one bought them. I would have absolutely no problem just placing an order with a local butcher every week for what I would need, and having it made to order. A little less convenient, but so much more efficient. And as feed stock prices soar, I think the time for this is sooner rather than later...
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• Doug_Huffman - Sep 30, 2008
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  So much for eating locally, another fad du jour.
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