tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28863696.post1084621118771535237..comments2023-11-05T00:55:47.214-07:00Comments on Whole Gourmet Natural Cooking: Delicious FishesAlison Antonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07585108470032337195noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28863696.post-8779202801314900482007-04-18T16:38:00.000-07:002007-04-18T16:38:00.000-07:00This is in response to the above anonymous comment...This is in response to the above anonymous comment regarding the percent of fish stocks that are over-fished. I reviewed the writings from the link she posted (SOPHIA) and found that, in a nutshell, 25 percent of the stocks are doing okay, 50 percent are at their limit and the other 25 percent are completely over-fished. Basically 75 percent (not the 60 percent that I originally quoted from Whole Foods Market) of our fish stocks are in serious trouble. <BR/><BR/>Here's the quote from SOPHIA: "It is estimated that in 2005, as in recent years, around one-quarter of the stock groups monitored by FAO were underexploited or moderately exploited and could perhaps produce more, whereas about half of the stocks were fully exploited and therefore producing catches that were at, or close to, their maximum sustainable limits, with no room for further expansion. The remaining stocks were either overexploited, depleted or recovering from depletion and thus were yielding less than their maximum potential owing to excess fishing pressure. This confirms earlier observations that the maximum wild capture fishery potential from the world’s oceans has probably been reached and reinforces the calls for more cautious and effective fisheries management to rebuild depleted stocks and prevent the decline of those being exploited at or close to their maximum potential."Alison Antonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07585108470032337195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28863696.post-12494529069532826082007-04-17T10:42:00.000-07:002007-04-17T10:42:00.000-07:00Regarding the "farmed fish is bad" issue from Davi...Regarding the "farmed fish is bad" issue from David's post: Yes, I think you are right to some degree. After reading my article again, I realized that I didn't emphasize enough that there ARE good choices of farmed fish. In many cases, as David pointed out, it's better to choose farmed over wild because of over-fishing or unethical fishing practices. I gave the links to the fish buying guides so that readers could have an educated view of which ones to buy wild and which to buy farmed. In general, though, I am an advocate of wild fish that are caught ethically and that are not over-fished. That's just my personal preference. My suggestion to the general public is to follow the guidance from the fish-buying pocket guides.Alison Antonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07585108470032337195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28863696.post-75965702990870200442007-03-11T09:57:00.000-07:002007-03-11T09:57:00.000-07:00I don't know who "whole foods market" is, in the q...I don't know who "whole foods market" is, in the quote "Whole Foods Market, 60 percent of the world's marine stocks are either depleted, over-exploited or recovering at a slow rate", but this is presumably a misquotation of the FAO biennial "Status of global Fisheries and Aquaculture" report <A HREF="http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/A0699e/A0699e00.htm" REL="nofollow">SOFIA</A>, which says that something like 25% of the percent of the world's marine stocks are either depleted, over-exploited or recovering.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28863696.post-43893093325768475522007-03-07T07:03:00.000-08:002007-03-07T07:03:00.000-08:00It's dangerously over-simplified to say that farme...It's dangerously over-simplified to say that farmed seafood is bad. There are almost as many ways to farm fish as there are fish.<BR/><BR/>In fact, the Monterey Bay Aquarium resource that you link lists no fewer than 12 "best choices" as explicitly farmed [e.g. "abalone (farmed)"]. The other farmed best choices are US barramundi, US catfish, caviar, clams, mussels, oysters, bay scallops, striped bass, sturgeon, US tilapia, and rainbow trout. So 12 of the 30 best choices are farmed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28863696.post-7381184918319136952007-03-06T06:09:00.000-08:002007-03-06T06:09:00.000-08:00That was a good post. I, too, have heard that you ...That was a good post. I, too, have heard that you shouldn't buy farmed fish. The first time I heard of the Whole Foods Market was on the Pbs channel. They were talking to the owner about the future of Whole Foods.Makettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667152911534987758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28863696.post-1576959462499964712007-03-05T16:23:00.000-08:002007-03-05T16:23:00.000-08:00Thanks for blogging the issue. For folks who want ...Thanks for blogging the issue. For folks who want to get further ideas and tastes of sustainable seafood, check out Monterey Bay Aquarium's Cooking for Solutions events on May 18-19, www.cookingforsolutions.org. Whole Foods Market has been involved since the beginning. (Full disclosure: I'm the PR guy for the aquarium.)aquakenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05922234430094133127noreply@blogger.com