Ocean Wise

One of my favorite shows is At the Table With, a Food Network series that showcases the lives of different chefs. Last week, the show was centered around Robert Clark, the executive chef at C restaurant in Vancouver. He is the founder of Ocean Wise, a NPO that promotes sustainable harvesting of seafood. His is a seafood restaurant that doesn't serve the typical Salmons, Tunas or Swordfishes, and his dishes are in high demand. 

Being vegetarian, I often get asked if I eat fish. For me, there was never a doubt that fish and all marine life deserve to live a long peaceful life. Not eating fish also means taking a stand against modern fishing practices that are currently destroying aquatic habitats and depleting our ocean's of endangered marine species. But if you are going to eat fish or seafood, it's important to think twice about how the food you are eating was harvested.

With an estimated 90% of all large, predatory fish already gone from our world’s oceans since industrialized fishing began; we are now fishing the last 10% of species such as tunas, swordfish, and sharks. Quite simply our marine species can not reproduce fast enough to keep up with the hunt. link