Seafood Watch: Eating Sustainably from the Ocean

Over one-third of the seafood sold are now farm-raised, in order to keep up with this demand. Overfishing has nearly wiped out many once-common species like cod, bluefin tuna and rockfish. Depending on the fishing method, other wildlife can be unintentionally caught as part of the bycatch. For every pound of shrimp caught in trawl nets, up to TEN pounds of other sealife can be killed. So how can we choose wisely, with so many issues to consider?