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Keep seafood sustainable
There are two reasons why it’s better to eat local seafood. Firstly, you’ll help reduce green gas emissions from food transport. And secondly, the further away from the source the seafood comes from, the harder it is to tell if it was sustainably caught. But even with made-in-Canada seafood, there are a few things to watch out for. Whether ordering or buying salmon always ask if it’s wild or farmed. Farmed salmon is bad for the environment, since it encourages sea lice which harm native wild salmon. Some types of wild Pacific salmon that are safe to eat include Sockeye, Chum, or Pink. Canned salmon is also wild although some varieties of salmon pate are made from farmed salmon. It’s also important to eat seafood that’s been caught sustainably. Canada’s marine ecosystems are being destroyed, and one of the main causes is bottom trawling. Bottom trawling is the practice where nets weighted with heavy rollers and trawl doors are dragged along the ocean floor. It’s like clearcutting the ocean floor. Before you purchase any seafood, make sure it’s been sustainably caught. Download a guide to sustainable seafood:
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Before you put any seafood on the barbecue grill this summer, find out where it comes from.
