Ok. I don't usually get on my soapbox like this but since I checked this out, I have felt like everyone should too. Especially since it will effect everyone.
This is something I felt everyone should check out & be a part of, whether or not you eat or like seafood.
Our oceans need our help. Please read the following article. http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/aa/aa_pressroom/content/media/MBA_06_seafood_warnings_RELl.pdf . It talks about how due to over fishing, improper fishing, and pollutants we are killing our fish, seafoods, and oceans. We need them to keep life here going at least as we know it. Already we have or are about to loose some species which is affecting us.
The article is provided by Eureklert.org. Which is on this site www.seafoodwatch.org.
Basically what Seafood watch is about is people taking the little bit of time while they are out eating at their restaurant to just check over the fish & seafood list and seeing what's on there and providing feed back to your restaurant of how they are helping or hurting our oceans. You don't have to order fish or shellfish just when you pay the bill you can leave them a card (that you can print off online saying thanks for looking out for us or hey, you need to rethink that choice and list it). They also have pocket cards that tell you which ones are at risk, about to be at risk, or good choices. So you can leave the appropriate card and you can even leave them a pocket card for their own use. Also, your restaurant can sign up to be on the list of places to go and host seminars if they want to.
Seafood Watch will send you everything for free if you sign up, including newsletters, card stock cards for the restaurants and card stock pocket cards (rather than printing them).
Its all about supply & demand. If we all let them know that we don't want endangered or about to be endanger food offered and its not ordered (by those of us that eat fish & seafood) then they won't waste their money on it. And if you don't eat fish & seafood, they will assume you ordered steak or chicken because of the note you left saying you don't appreciate them having Chilean Sea Bass on the menu. The more they see it the more they will react.
Just please look at it. It really would not take any more time out of your meal than you already take looking over the menu & wouldn't it be nice to have as many or more the fish & seafood choices in 40 years as well as help the environment?
