We are pleased to announce that the new Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Guides are now available to download.
Although they are very similar to past versions, there is one notable change on the West Coast Guide: Wild salmon from Oregon and California are no longer listed as sustainable choices. Due to extremely low populations of [...]
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New Seafood Watch Guides Now Available!
Posted in Consumer Info, Publications, tagged Monterey Bay Aquarium, Seafood Watch on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Chef’s Guide to Sourcing Sustainable Seafood
Posted in Chefs/Restaurants, Publications, tagged chefs, Chefs Collaborative, seafood on July 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
3 July 2008
Chefs Collaborative is pleased to release the latest edition of “Seafood Solutions: A Chef’s Guide to Sourcing Sustainable Seafood.” The guide combines the latest information about the health of our oceans with practical tips for chefs on how to choose and cook with ocean-friendly seafood.
Download a complimentary copy by clicking [...]
Assessing the True Cost of Shrimp
Posted in Consumer Info, Publications, Shrimp Processing, tagged Bangladesh, human trafficking, labor abuses, shrimp, Solidarity Center, Thailand, True Cost of Shrimp on June 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Interview with the Solidarity Center’s Ellie Larson and Tim Ryan
In the $13 billion global shrimp processing industry, workers pay the price for consumer affordability.
The True Cost of Shrimp, a new report from the Solidarity Center, uncovers pervasive worker and human rights abuses such as low-wage sweatshop conditions, use of child and forced labor, and global [...]
Bottomfeeder author to speak May 12
Posted in Events, Publications, tagged Bottomfeeder, Elliot Bay, Taras Grescoe on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Montreal-based journalist Taras Grescoe’s book, Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood (Bloomsbury), based on a nine-month investigation of the aquaculture industry, is both illumination and frightening. Climate change, pollution, and unregulated practices of fishing and fish farming industries could all have dire consequences for seafood and those who consume it. [...]
The True Cost of Shrimp
Posted in Publications, Shrimp Processing, tagged Bangladesh, human rights, labor, shrimp, Solidarity Center, Thailand, Wal-Mart, worker rights on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the $13 billion seafood processing industry, workers pay the price for consumer affordability. This report, from the Solidarity Center’s ‘Degradation of Work’ series, uncovers pervasive worker and human rights abuses in the shrimp processing industry in Thailand and Bangladesh, such as low-wage sweatshop conditions, use of child and forced labor, and global supply chains [...]
