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Some seafood dishes are environmentally better
than others, but knowing how to tell the difference can be
a real challenge for diners and restaurants alike. Ocean Wise
allows diners to confidently identify and choose restaurants
that provide environmentally responsible seafood menu items,
and provides restaurants with the information and support
to continuously improve menus from an environmental sustainability
perspective.
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Environmental issues concerning seafood are
many and varied. Broadly, these include:
Overfishing
- removing too many fish from the
sea and not leaving enough to re-populate
themselves in time for the next catch;
Bycatch
- removing animals from the ocean
that were not intended to be part of the catch, such as sea
turtles, dolphins, seabirds and sponges;
Habitat
degradation - fishing or producing
seafood in areas that affect the quality of water, reefs and
other ocean habitats that then negatively impacts sea life.
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