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On Jordan Wright’s Whisk and Quill blog recently, I found this sobering quote:
Science Magazine recently reported that, if we keep destroying habitat, the world’s fisheries will collapse by 2048. “With unrestrained overfishing we are racing pell-mell towards the destruction of our seas. We now catch the top predators, bottom predators and everything in between with massive fishing trawlers equipped with huge drag nets and sophisticated electronics such as sonar and GPS,” Chambers warned. “We are fast working our way through what is left.”
Seafood is heavily promoted as an important part of a healthy diet. Consumers have been hammered about adding more salmon, because of the Omega 3′s. Yet, Jordan’s article reveals that farm raised salmon continues to be a health hazard.
Since becoming involved in the local foods movement, I have realized that we are overfishing seafood in an attempt to get what is now missing from conventionally raised meats. I am delighted to know that grass fed meats contain Omega 3′s, and that I don’t have to pound down the salmon to get them into my body. Our farming practices have skewed the nutrient profile of our food, which has thrown our diet out of balance plus it endangers our eco-system.
In her article, Jordan mentions a new Guide to Ocean Friendly Seafood. She also mentions a local distributor who services restaurants with sustainable seafood products. Here is an excerpt from Jordan’s fascinating article about Jeff Corwin’s new MSNBC TV special, 100 Heartbeats, and the sustainable fishing issues that we all urgently need to become aware of:
Man on a Mission: Jeff Corwin 100 Heartbeats
by Jordan Wright
Setting the stage for extinction: Every twenty minutes a distinct species of plant or animal throughout the world becomes extinct.
There is an aura surrounding Jeff Corwin. It is the peaceful intent of a man who has witnessed fierce struggle, mortal threats, man’s inhumanity, heart-pounding danger and crushing heartbreak and emerged to dedicate his life to saving the planet’s rare and endangered species. Read the rest of the story at Whiskandquill.com
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Sobering article. But he does not mention that a large and increasing portion of fishfeed is now made from processed soy, canola, and various grains. Most soy and canola is GMO. Soy, canola, and grain were never part of the natural diet of any fish.
In 2007, a large shipment of Chinese fishfeed made with wheat was confiscated, because the feed was contaminated with the toxin melamine, just like some of the pet food. It is not know how much of this melamine tainted fishfeed was given to farmed fish.
I never eat farmed fish. Fortunately, grassfed meat, and grassfed fat are loaded with omega 3′s, with levels similar to wild fish, and are becoming more available.
Stanley Fishman
Author of Tender Grassfed Meat.