Comments on: Things are getting fishy (Day 202)…

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:32:20 +0000

The natural food store in my hometown actually rates all the fish they sell according these criteria (and they only sell green and yellow-rated fish)- http://www.newleaf.com/retailer/store_templates/ret_custom_page3.asp?storeID=J3QSSEQX5CS92J2000AKHMCCQJA05T39. It’s really awesome for them to do all the work for you, since those ratings can get complicated. It might be a longshot, but maybe you could ask your favorite environmentally-conscious grocery store to do the same.

By: cheaplikeme

cheaplikeme — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:34:52 +0000

Now, Jenna, bugs are a much more sustainable form of protein … I hear grasshoppers are quite popular in parts of Mexico (with various fixings) and some dragonflies are known as “sky prawn” in Thailand!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:23:00 +0000

Vanessa, Karma Coop has a number of line caught and otherwise green fish options. Usually only frozen, but the fresh salmon is sometimes wild. And I feel like I am going to get in trouble for saying this, but if you just pop in the odd time and ask to do a trial shop you might not offend any members.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:17:03 +0000

People eating oysters offers me the same confusion as eating lobster. Folks DO realize they’re bugs, right?

I’m with teaspoon on this one, if I were to wake up tomorrow and no longer be allergic to shellfish of all kinds, still would not be munching down on sea slime.

By: teaspoon

teaspoon — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:48:32 +0000

Thanks for your description of eating oysters. I’ve never tried them, and you can be sure that I never will now!

By: emily

emily — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:41:46 +0000

Ugh, that’ll teach me to proofread. Pardon my botched language. “I have a sheet on my fridge listing…”

By: emily

emily — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:40:02 +0000

Giving up fish is definitely a difficult one. I have list on my fridge (courtesy of Greenpeace) listing what kinds of fish are bad, so-so, and fine for women of childbearing age. They determined the categories according to the content of mercury and other heavy, pollutant metals. Trying to combine that with knowledge about “farmed” fish and the practices that you mentioned is really hard. I wound up making a rule for myself that I will only eat fish when I am within 100 miles of the shore, and prefereably from nearby parts of the ocean, so it only happens every few months or so. Definitely very sad.

Hang in there with the daily green resolutions! Everything counts, even the small stuff. I really admire your project, even when I sometimes post know-it-all comments.

By: emma

emma — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:57:53 +0000

I actually tried oysters this weekend….def didn’t get it. tasted like expensive sea water with tobasco, and a hint of live animal.
meh.. hopefully you can find ethical sushi from now on…otherwise that’s a MAJOR downer.