Being a responsible citizen with the desire to consume seafood requires that we look for sustainable seafood. So we need to be careful about the source of the seafood and consider getting that seafood that is obtained through minimal environmental and social damage. This small action from the consumer’s side will be a threat to overfishing, destruction of wildlife habitat, bycatch, and hence help in conserving marine life.

How to Find Out if my Seafood is Sustainable?

Even though it may sound awkward but it is always best to know the source of your product. Thus you would need to ask questions like, where is this seafood from. Does it have sustainability certification? You need to be aware of their supply chain. If you are not sure about the source it is best not to buy anything from there.

Order Seafood Online:

To avoid the hassle of looking for the source of the supply chain and figuring out whether your seafood comes from a sustainable source or not, you can simply go for online shopping of seafood. In this way, you will be able to choose from sustainable food options. The online seafood website normally mentions if the seafood you are ordering is sustainable or not. If the webpage does not express the sustainability of the seafood it is better to choose from some other website that is clear about the sustainability of seafood.

Visit online markets of seafood and try to order seafood online.  Don’t forget to check the label of the product to see if it comes from a sustainable source.

You Make a Difference:

By taking this small measured step of consuming sustainable seafood you contribute a lot to the environmental protection of sea animals. The market for sustainable seafood has grown immensely over the past decade and steps are still been taken for the careful conservation of sea animals. Sometimes people get upset by overfishing and the damage to the natural habitat of sea animals that they question whether they should consume seafood or just avoid it altogether. Well, what can be said at this point is that one should not avoid seafood completely but can select from the variety of options available, like it is wise not to eat shrimp, bluefin tuna, Chilean sea bass because they are overfished and decreasing in number. So we can contribute to the survival of sea animals by making careful choices and eat only sustainable seafood. Moreover, you can choose for options of seafood that are lower on the food chain for example oyster and muscles, which are considered as a better option for consumption for several reasons. One is that since they are primary food sources for many species, they tend to reproduce faster, hence are easily available.

In short, you have the power to drive the sustainable market and make it stronger to minimize the damage done to the marine environment. Not only that, you can spread the word and make people choose sustainable seafood by telling them its importance.