Seafood Watch - VGF

CuccoLady · 04-07-2008, 09:55 PM

Monterey Bay Aquarium: Seafood Watch Program - A Consumer's Guide to Sustainable Seafood

If any of you have been to or heard of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, you'll know we have a program known as Seafood Watch--a program that helps you make informed and environmentally-friendly decisions when buying or consuming seafood. The MBA has been really stressing ocean conservation and our goal as an aquarium is to get people to appreciate and love our oceans and want to protect them.

This website I linked you to is off of the Aquarium's main website and tells you about this program. Basically, at the Aquarium hands out cards that have three lists: Best Choices, Good Alternatives, and Avoid.

On these lists are many fish that you can see and buy in stores and how they are caught. The goal here is to NOT buy fish that are listed on the Avoid list, as these fish may be caught in environmentally harmful ways, or they may be experiencing overfishing, etc. For example, shrimp trawl nets are nets that drag along the floor of the ocean and destroy many kelp and also catch more of other animals than shrimp; these animals are tossed back into the oceans dead and dying.

Here is a link to most of the fish on these lists. Green is fish you want to eat, yellow fish are also pretty good choices, and red is AVOID, as these fisheries are environmentally harmful and irresponsible.

Monterey Bay Aquarium: Seafood Watch Program - Online Seafood Watch Guides for Sustainable Seafood Choices

Also, since I am a volunteer at the Aquarium, I have many copies of these Seafood Watch guides and I can photocopy them and send them to people for you to print out and take with you when shopping for seafood. They are based off of different regions of the US, and we have an 'international' guide for those of you outside of America.

The ONLY WAY we can save the animals in our oceans is by eating environmentally-friendly seafood. Please help us save our oceans!!

Also, if any of you are ever in the vicinity of Monterey, please visit the aquariums. We have sea otters, river otters, sharks, turtles, jellies, as well as touch pools in which you can feel the animals that live in the oceans and get to know them... also, I work there every other sunday.

So, please let me know if you are interested in a Seafood Watch guide, and I can photocopy a guide corresponding to the area in which you live so you can use it to eat good seafoods. Please and thank you!! Help us support responsible fisheries and make a difference for our seas.

**Crazyswordsman** · 04-07-2008, 11:03 PM

Oh well. No more tuna for CSM. -CSM

CuccoLady · 04-07-2008, 11:27 PM

Ah, no. There are plenty of tuna that is great to eat and well-fished. See, bluefin tuna are getting sparse, so they aren't a good food to eat. Also, longlined tuna are caught in an environmentally irresponsible way. However, if you look on the yellow and green columns, you see plenty of tunas that are caught well and are abundant and good for our oceans.

The point of Seafood Watch is not to tell you DONT EAT THIS GRAAGGHHH. It's to help guide you into making better decisions that can help our oceans. Rather than saying "I can't eat what's on the red list", look for good alternatives of the same or similar fish on the green and yellow columns.

The fishies need you.

The Joker · 04-07-2008, 11:29 PM

I say kill'em all and when there are none left....eat cake !!

CuccoLady · 04-07-2008, 11:38 PM

^ You are an evil heartless being and I hate you. D:<

...can I have some cake?

The Joker · 04-07-2008, 11:56 PM

But of course

**Crazyswordsman** · 04-08-2008, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CL of the Hippie Pirates

Ah, no. There are plenty of tuna that is great to eat and well-fished. See, bluefin tuna are getting sparse, so they aren't a good food to eat. Also, longlined tuna are caught in an environmentally irresponsible way. However, if you look on the yellow and green columns, you see plenty of tunas that are caught well and are abundant and good for our oceans.

The point of Seafood Watch is not to tell you DONT EAT THIS GRAAGGHHH. It's to help guide you into making better decisions that can help our oceans. Rather than saying "I can't eat what's on the red list", look for good alternatives of the same or similar fish on the green and yellow columns.

The fishies need you.

I usually by tuna in cans that say "Pole caught." -CSM

**S1x** · 04-08-2008, 12:39 AM

The Monterey Bay Aquarium rules. I should check it out again in the summer or something, since I haven't been there for a while.

Tazy_10 · 04-08-2008, 07:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CL of the Hippie Pirates

The point of Seafood Watch is not to tell you DONT EAT THIS GRAAGGHHH.

I hope they don't jump in your face and yell that into your ear....

Anyway.....yeah, I don't have too much of a liking of seafood anyway, soI doubt I'm helping bring any population of fish down <_<

***CaptHayfever*** · 04-10-2008, 02:01 AM

Green list still contains types of crab, clam, shrimp, tuna, cod, & tilapia, so my seafood tastes are likely to undergo little or no alteration.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

GRENTLEMEN · 04-10-2008, 07:16 AM

Most fish tastes like it's gone off, to me.

**Crazyswordsman** · 04-10-2008, 10:36 AM

I sure do hate the tilapia fish here today. -CSM

***CaptHayfever*** · 04-10-2008, 03:49 PM

It's not my favorite, but Sodexho is fond of serving it when they have fish, and they usually don't screw it up.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

CuccoLady · 04-10-2008, 09:03 PM

We're having farmed tilapia tonight.

Anyway, I just posted this because I know a lot of VGFers are awesome people who might want to help us have healthy oceans. After all, most people get a HELLUVA lot of protein from their fish, and it would be a shame if all of that protein were to die off.

(Come on a Sunday S1x.

)

Soo... if you know anyone who likes seafood, please spread the word. The more people who participate in this, the better off things will be. Plz and thnx.

***Heroine of the Dragon*** · 04-11-2008, 08:14 AM

When I return to the US, I shall make an effort to get to the Monterey Bay Aquarium... and I shall consider getting over my shyness and ask each volunteer... "Hi... are you a hippie pirate??"

This is a very good idea... and I would love to help. Unfortunately, I'm kinda tired and my two brains aren't working so well... so I'd appreciate if you just linked me to the International Guide. I can't seem to work the site and make it tell me where it is. >.>

Ta!!!

**Dylan** · 04-11-2008, 11:25 AM

Now that is a seafood watch.

CuccoLady · 04-11-2008, 08:55 PM

^^ If you asked that to me I would explode from awesome. Everyone else would kinda look at you funny, but I would be like OMFG HOTDEEEEEEE

Also, I can scan an international guide and get it to you aysahp. Let me go dig around and find one; if I don't have one I'll get one for you in two weeks when I work there again.

OK, I don't have any but the website has one here:

Monterey Bay Aquarium: Seafood Watch Program - Online Seafood Watch Guides for Sustainable Seafood Choices

There's a button above the guide that lets you print it out. We're working on getting more for different countries, but this is all we have thus far. If you don't eat any of these fish I'm sorry. xDD

***Heroine of the Dragon*** · 04-11-2008, 09:03 PM

*laughs* I'd probably die of embarrassment if I had to ask more then three volunteers!!!

Awww thank you. I do appreciate that very much. I like my seafood!!! It's healthy!! And, I also like doing little things that help the planet!! After all, it's no fun taking over a wasteland!!!

CuccoLady · 04-11-2008, 09:29 PM

Thanks for that!

(BTW, I don't think it'd be too hard to find a really short female volunteer with a French name on our shift. Just me and my sister, basically. xDD)

04-07-2008, 09:55 PM	#1
CuccoLady Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: insert something awkward here Gender: Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 954 Thanked 231 Times in 187 Posts Points: 14,615.94 Bank: 8.30 Total Points: 14,624.24 Donate	Seafood Watch Monterey Bay Aquarium: Seafood Watch Program - A Consumer's Guide to Sustainable Seafood If any of you have been to or heard of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, you'll know we have a program known as Seafood Watch--a program that helps you make informed and environmentally-friendly decisions when buying or consuming seafood. The MBA has been really stressing ocean conservation and our goal as an aquarium is to get people to appreciate and love our oceans and want to protect them. This website I linked you to is off of the Aquarium's main website and tells you about this program. Basically, at the Aquarium hands out cards that have three lists: Best Choices, Good Alternatives, and Avoid. On these lists are many fish that you can see and buy in stores and how they are caught. The goal here is to NOT buy fish that are listed on the Avoid list, as these fish may be caught in environmentally harmful ways, or they may be experiencing overfishing, etc. For example, shrimp trawl nets are nets that drag along the floor of the ocean and destroy many kelp and also catch more of other animals than shrimp; these animals are tossed back into the oceans dead and dying. Here is a link to most of the fish on these lists. Green is fish you want to eat, yellow fish are also pretty good choices, and red is AVOID, as these fisheries are environmentally harmful and irresponsible. Monterey Bay Aquarium: Seafood Watch Program - Online Seafood Watch Guides for Sustainable Seafood Choices Also, since I am a volunteer at the Aquarium, I have many copies of these Seafood Watch guides and I can photocopy them and send them to people for you to print out and take with you when shopping for seafood. They are based off of different regions of the US, and we have an 'international' guide for those of you outside of America. The ONLY WAY we can save the animals in our oceans is by eating environmentally-friendly seafood. Please help us save our oceans!! Also, if any of you are ever in the vicinity of Monterey, please visit the aquariums. We have sea otters, river otters, sharks, turtles, jellies, as well as touch pools in which you can feel the animals that live in the oceans and get to know them... also, I work there every other sunday. So, please let me know if you are interested in a Seafood Watch guide, and I can photocopy a guide corresponding to the area in which you live so you can use it to eat good seafoods. Please and thank you!! Help us support responsible fisheries and make a difference for our seas.

04-07-2008, 11:29 PM	#4
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CuccoLady Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: insert something awkward here Gender: Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 954 Thanked 231 Times in 187 Posts Points: 14,615.94 Bank: 8.30 Total Points: 14,624.24 Donate	^^ If you asked that to me I would explode from awesome. Everyone else would kinda look at you funny, but I would be like OMFG HOTDEEEEEEE Also, I can scan an international guide and get it to you aysahp. Let me go dig around and find one; if I don't have one I'll get one for you in two weeks when I work there again. OK, I don't have any but the website has one here: Monterey Bay Aquarium: Seafood Watch Program - Online Seafood Watch Guides for Sustainable Seafood Choices There's a button above the guide that lets you print it out. We're working on getting more for different countries, but this is all we have thus far. If you don't eat any of these fish I'm sorry. xDD Last edited by CuccoLady; 04-11-2008 at 09:08 PM.

04-07-2008, 11:03 PM	#2
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04-07-2008, 11:27 PM	#3
CuccoLady Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: insert something awkward here Gender: Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 954 Thanked 231 Times in 187 Posts Points: 14,615.94 Bank: 8.30 Total Points: 14,624.24 Donate	Ah, no. There are plenty of tuna that is great to eat and well-fished. See, bluefin tuna are getting sparse, so they aren't a good food to eat. Also, longlined tuna are caught in an environmentally irresponsible way. However, if you look on the yellow and green columns, you see plenty of tunas that are caught well and are abundant and good for our oceans. The point of Seafood Watch is not to tell you DONT EAT THIS GRAAGGHHH. It's to help guide you into making better decisions that can help our oceans. Rather than saying "I can't eat what's on the red list", look for good alternatives of the same or similar fish on the green and yellow columns. The fishies need you.

04-07-2008, 11:38 PM	#5
CuccoLady Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: insert something awkward here Gender: Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 954 Thanked 231 Times in 187 Posts Points: 14,615.94 Bank: 8.30 Total Points: 14,624.24 Donate	^ You are an evil heartless being and I hate you. D:< ...can I have some cake?

04-08-2008, 12:39 AM	#8
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04-10-2008, 02:01 AM	#10
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04-10-2008, 07:16 AM	#11
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04-10-2008, 10:36 AM	#12
Crazyswordsman RPG Mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Booyaville (yeah!) Gender: Posts: 7,991 Thanks: 538 Thanked 374 Times in 257 Posts Points: 127,342.93 Bank: 26,695.24 Total Points: 154,038.16 Donate	I sure do hate the tilapia fish here today. -CSM

04-10-2008, 03:49 PM	#13
*CaptHayfever* Smash Supermod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 19,297 Thanks: 161 Thanked 740 Times in 479 Posts Points: 105,889.07 Bank: 942.27 Total Points: 106,831.35 Donate	It's not my favorite, but Sodexho is fond of serving it when they have fish, and they usually don't screw it up. And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

04-10-2008, 09:03 PM	#14
CuccoLady Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: insert something awkward here Gender: Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 954 Thanked 231 Times in 187 Posts Points: 14,615.94 Bank: 8.30 Total Points: 14,624.24 Donate	We're having farmed tilapia tonight. Anyway, I just posted this because I know a lot of VGFers are awesome people who might want to help us have healthy oceans. After all, most people get a HELLUVA lot of protein from their fish, and it would be a shame if all of that protein were to die off. (Come on a Sunday S1x. ) Soo... if you know anyone who likes seafood, please spread the word. The more people who participate in this, the better off things will be. Plz and thnx.

04-11-2008, 08:14 AM	#15
*Heroine of the Dragon* The Grinnie Fool! ♥ VGFCodes Staff Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: In a pretty place surrounded by sparkly faerie dust!! Gender: Posts: 27,554 Thanks: 241 Thanked 259 Times in 191 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Points: 17,742.72 Bank: 1,906,558.86 Total Points: 1,924,301.58 Donate	When I return to the US, I shall make an effort to get to the Monterey Bay Aquarium... and I shall consider getting over my shyness and ask each volunteer... "Hi... are you a hippie pirate??" This is a very good idea... and I would love to help. Unfortunately, I'm kinda tired and my two brains aren't working so well... so I'd appreciate if you just linked me to the International Guide. I can't seem to work the site and make it tell me where it is. >.> Ta!!!

04-11-2008, 11:25 AM	#16
Dylan Banned Mod Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Teenage Wasteland Gender: Posts: 6,107 Thanks: 860 Thanked 880 Times in 402 Posts Points: 31,001.58 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 31,001.59 Donate	Now that is a seafood watch.

04-11-2008, 09:03 PM	#18
*Heroine of the Dragon* The Grinnie Fool! ♥ VGFCodes Staff Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: In a pretty place surrounded by sparkly faerie dust!! Gender: Posts: 27,554 Thanks: 241 Thanked 259 Times in 191 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Points: 17,742.72 Bank: 1,906,558.86 Total Points: 1,924,301.58 Donate	laughs I'd probably die of embarrassment if I had to ask more then three volunteers!!! Awww thank you. I do appreciate that very much. I like my seafood!!! It's healthy!! And, I also like doing little things that help the planet!! After all, it's no fun taking over a wasteland!!!

04-11-2008, 09:29 PM	#19
CuccoLady Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: insert something awkward here Gender: Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 954 Thanked 231 Times in 187 Posts Points: 14,615.94 Bank: 8.30 Total Points: 14,624.24 Donate	Thanks for that! (BTW, I don't think it'd be too hard to find a really short female volunteer with a French name on our shift. Just me and my sister, basically. xDD)