The history of fish is useful mostly as a guide to what should not be done. With ruthless efficiency, beginning with fish that live in rivers or are close to shore, and then pursuing those that live farther out, fishermen have deployed bigger and bigger boats, better equipment to exploit one species after another.
…they are as likely to sell salmon farmed in Chile or previously frozen tuna as they are to offer anything caught nearby.
This is no accident, as I learned during my vacation from reading Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food, by Paul Greenberg. No, it s not exactly beach reading, but Four Fish is carefully-reported, well-written, insightful and surprisingly entertaining. A lifelong fisherman who writes for the Sunday Times magazine, Greenberg chronicles the history of four of the most popular fish on western menus salmon, cod, sea bass and tuna and explores the daunting question of whether fish, whether caught in the wild or farmed, can provide healthy protein in large quantities for the billions of people who enjoy seafood. How, in other words, can we catch or farm fish in a sustainable way, one that doesn t deplete the supply or pollute the oceans?
With some notable exceptions, which I ll get to in a moment, the history of fish is useful mostly as a guide to what should not be done. With ruthless…
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Fish In Your Future Will Be More Sustainable, Less Enjoyable
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