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Seafood Watch® Updates - February 2017
Seafood Watch
Seafood Watch® released new and updated seafood recommendations on February 6th that included the following species:
  • Rainbow / Steelhead Trout: U.S. farmed and wild-caught from Washington state
  • Snapper (Blacktail, Bluestriped): from Hawaii
  • Snapper (Lane): from U.S. Gulf of Mexico and U.S. South Atlantic
  • Tilapia: from Taiwan
For the full summary of these recommendations as well as the corresponding Ocean Wise recommendations, visit our Sustainable Seafood Updates page.
Seafood Spotlight: Arctic Char
Seafood Spotlight: Arctic Char
Buyers consider Artic char a good substitute for farm-raised salmon because it has a more delicate texture and clean, mild flavor. Farmed Arctic char are sold fresh whole, and fresh or frozen as boneless fillets with the skin off or on, and canned. Farmed char has redder skin than wild char (more silver skinned) and cream-colored spots, however arctic char farmers add a synthetic pigment to the feed to give the fish a consistent pink-orange color. The high fat content in Arctic char makes it well-suited for dry-heat cooking such as broiling and smoking. Arctic char tends to be considered of very high quality and not widely available making it expensive.

Nearly all Artic Char available in the market is farm-raised and is rated a "Best Choice (green)" option. Nearly 90% comes from Iceland, and the remainder from the U.S. and Canada combined. There is a wild fishery in Canada that received a "Best Choice" recommendation last year, but at ~42t of production, is only about 1% of global production estimates and serves domestic markets.  

FishChoice's Supplier Members include several primary producers of farm-raised Arctic char:
Learn more details with our updated Arctic char sustainable seafood guide and infographic.
Set & Drift  LLC - Seattle, Washington
Set & Drift LLC
Founded in 2013, Set & Drift is an oyster farm located in Seattle, Washington, on the east side of the remarkably wild Toandos Peninsula. After years at sea working as deck officers aboard oceanographic and research vessels, the name Set & Drift pays homage to the owner’s maritime past and the currents that make their oysters so delicious. Set & Drift’s farm is located just a few miles south of the entrance to Washington State’s Hood Canal, where their oysters thrive on the twice-daily flow of fresh ocean water from Admiralty Inlet, and the ebb of mineral-rich water originating from the Olympic Mountains. Read more...
Sustainable Seafood News of the Week
Harvesting Sharks Could Be Key to Saving Them
(Scientific American, 2/7/2017)

Too Many Vessels, Too Little Management for Tuna Fishing in the Eastern Pacific
(Phys.Org, 2/6/2017)

Improving Supply Chains for Tuna in Indonesia
(Marine Stewardship Council, 2/7/2017)

The Rarest Porpoise in the World is on the Verge of Disappearing Forever
(WESA, 2/6/2017)

Maine Regulators Close Scallop Fishing Areas to Prevent Over-Harvesting
(Maine Public, 2/8/2017)

Ocean Acidification Will Hit West Coast Dungeness Crab Fishery, New Assessment Shows
(Chinook Observer, 2/7/2017)

Agency Fears Overfishing of Tuna Will Hurt Japan's Standing
(The Asahi Shimbun, 2/9/2017)

Letter: Committee Identifies Open Net Aquaculture as Risky
(The Telegram, 2/7/2017)

Project Seeks to Synergize Canada's Arctic Char Industry
(Global Aquaculture Advocate, 2/3/2017)

Inside the Race to Invent a Fish-Free Fish Food
(Wired, 2/5/2017)

Researchers Help Salmon Farmers Confront Threat to Their Industry
(Phys.org 2/3/2017)

Maine's Coastal Waters are Unhealthy from Carbon, Acidity. Are Seaweed Gardens the Answer?
(Bangor Daily News, 2/9/2017)

Greenpeace Launches Campaign Targeting Chile’s Salmon Industry​
(Latin American Herald Tribune, 2/9/17)

Turning 'Trash' into Treasure in the Seafood Case
(Supermarket News, 2/6/2017)

The Economist to Host VR Pop-Up on Overfishing
(Event Magazine, 2/7/2017)
 
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