Take My Survey!

 Help me determine how much seafood typical North Country resident's consume, where you typically purchase it, and your perceptions of sustainability and health. This will aid me in determining what seafood to test for mercury and also how I can create a sustainability guide more relevant to you!

Take the Survey!

Seafood Eco-Friendly Certifications

Many seafood suppliers such as Walmart now advertise certified sustainable fish. But what does this mean and how can we be sure the fisheries they purchase seafood from actually practice sustainable fishing practices, processing, etc? According to this news article some certifications don't mean the seafood is actually sustainable. Check out these private fish certification program websites and decide for yourself which you trust.

Best Aquaculture Practices
Friend of the Sea
Marine Stewardship Council

Seafood: A Healthy Protein 

Seafood is a good source of health fats called Omega-3's. Check out nutritional facts and information on omega fats by following these links. 

Seafood Nutrition Facts

Omega Fats in Fish 

Information on Omega-3's

Where Does Your Seafood Come From? 

Here in the North Country we only have so many places to purchase seafood. But where do those suppliers purchase their product? Follow these links to information provided by North Country retailers.

Price Chopper
Walmart 
1844 House

Seafood Information Websites

Check out these websites for seafood recommendations and information

    Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch

    Natural Resource Defense Council
    Fish to Fork

    Smithsonian Seafood Watch
    WWF Seafood

The Cove

           Check out this eye opening documentary on dolphin slaughtering in Taiji, Japan. This is a dramatic film that exposes the extremes of animal cruelty and the risks associated with consuming mislabeled toxic dolphin meat. In the film Rick O'Barry, dolphin activist and former trainer of Flipper, and his team capture footage of the hidden slaughtering and discuss results on dolphin ecology as well as the implications of human consumption of dolphin and whale meat. The film describes dolphins as 'swimming toxic dump sites' full of toxic levels of mercury. 

(http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/09/08/japanese-dolphin-slaughter-to-continue-despite-current-suspension/)

Welcome! 

           My name is Anna and I am currently a senior at St. Lawrence University. This semester I am conducting research on seafood in the North Country. My goal is to examine a variety of seafood suppliers in our area and determine where our seafood is coming from, the amount of mercury in it, and to discuss implications of these findings on our health and on seafood sustainability.  I will read articles and books and watch documentaries and use this blog as a way to share interesting information with you. I will also share the findings of my mercury testing and advances in determining the most sustainable healthy seafood available. Please feel free to comment and discuss these issues!