Sustainable living: what fish should you eat?

After the craze and the aftermath of Seaspiracy, you might be asking yourself if giving up fish is the only way to help the ocean (at least in terms of consumer choices). The answer is not really. In this video I provide some information on what sustainable fisheries are and how to make better seafood choices if you still want to eat fish. There are some fish you shouldn't eat if you want healthier oceans, and some you can if you do your homework.

0:00 Introduction
0:55 Why we need sustainable fisheries
3:13 Why you shouldn't eat tuna
5:18 Why you shouldn't eat salmon
6:35 Why you shouldn't eat shrimp
7:18 Finding a sustainable fishery
10:27 Deep dive into a sustainable fishery

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[proptart]

Thank you! I personally have been trying to clean up my diet but have a high sensitivity to beans and soy so fish is something I have always depended on in my hopes to reduce red meat from my diet. I appreciate having tools to making sustainable choices and even shared this on my Ecofriendly group on fb that focus on phasing out plastic and making slightly better eco choices in our diets. Not everyone’s economic resources are the same and not everyone’s dietary restrictions work with veganism so I appreciate having more choices.

[jeehyunchoe]

Thanks for the information. I want to consume wisely and this video helped me clarifying what to do.

[JayMinuti]

Great video Chantel! Nice follow up to your Seaspiracy video with some really good info x

[prashanth]

Awesome Content Chantel,
Your doing great... Keep going...

[JJAnimationDos]

Thank you for the information ma'am. I'm from Philippines and i want to learn from your videos regarding marine biology, food security, sustainable resources and the likes.

[sophielatte]

such a useful video, thanks so much for this!! i wont be eating tuna or salmon or shrimp from now on.... ps i love your necklace!!

[rdklkje]

Thank you Chantel for sharing your knowledge.

You may well not read comments on these older videos anymore, but just in case, can I assume that MSC/ASC certified tuna, salmon and shrimp is okay to eat then?

I.e. that you're talking about the majority of these catches but indeed not the MSC/ASC certified ones for those species either? I'm including ASC for farmed shrimp and salmon here cos MSC seems to vouch for this sister organisation.

Finally, I do want to give credit where credit is due, but I gotta admit I'm having a hard time doing so when thinking about how the South African government treated the vast majority of the country's human population in the 1970s and 80s.... Thankfully your current government is leading the world in related ways now, so that helps.

[rastrosajane]

Thanks a lot for this great video Shantel! Useful information and positive attitude are truly comforting after Seaspiracy 👏🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟

[Svein-Erik]

Very interesting channel, I like to hear this from those who have marine biological knowledge. Here in Norway, local fish stocks have declined in recent decades due to industrial fishing. Then we have the world's largest cod strain living in the Barents Sea, quite untouched and protected from human intervention. Every year it comes down from the Arctic Ocean to northern parts of the country to spawn, where it is a very attractive catch. The cod maintains a very good stock and with the right management we can harvest from it like today for a long time in the future. What worries us is the influx of industrial trawlers, and unfortunately they are trying to get permission for Arctic oil drilling in its habitat. I'm very worried about what this could do to this fish and the ecosystem if that happends. It's a heartbreaking thought for so many of us who live here.

[timd]

Hi Chantel, I found your channel through the seaspiracy video. They are very informative. I didn't know eating schrimps is so bad for the environment. I love watching your videos but please stop throwing all the delicious food off my menu 😉

[mehrygoround]

out of context: where's your necklace from? love the sting ray pendant.

[davidrule]

@ 7:20 Is this the same labeling system we use for recyclable plastic? And we all know ALL recyclable plastic is burned in a factory that makes sheetrock.

[roxannalarios]

Hi, my son is in 3 grade and wants to become a marine biologist. He is doing a research project, and I was wondering if he could possibly ask you a few questions for his project :)

[mqcapps]

Talk about "orange roughy" and sardines

[luissantos]

You mentioned that a sustainable fishery is one where we take a small portion so that the population can grow to the same level next year/season.
But shouldn't a sustainable fishery be one where the population is actually growing to healthy and abundant levels?
Shouldn't we be aiming to have our oceans full of wildlife like it once was?

[jackhellen]

What did you think when the first ever time you looked at the deep sea? what did you think and why?

[davidrule]

From this point forward all I am going to eat is Panda.

[stevens]

Given the nature of SADSTIA, the amount of money involved and jobs to be held over politicians, I can't say I believe much coming from that organisation. Back in 2016, it argued against establishment of MPAs in SA saying better management a better solution for marine conservation. That sounds way too much like the trust in self regulation bs big oil and other polluting industries say whenever a new regulation is threatening the bottom line.

[lrong]

Wasn't wwf known for being the bad guys? It was pulled up in seaspiricy wasn't it?

[benroytravels]

If you have seen the Documentary you wouldn’t be asking yourself if you should o should not be eating fish 🙄 unless you didn’t understand the whole 2 hours...