what the heck is "sustainable fish"

[eliza61]

So I'm checking out the menus on allears for the new restuarant, "Sanaa" at the Animal kingdom lodge villas.

They offeer Bananna leaf wrapped sustainable fish. What the heck is "sustainable" fish. Sounds like a fish pellet that George Jetson would take.

 

[mountdew1]

Sustainable fish is basically fish that is responsibly raised and/or harvested. Any fish that is caught in amounts that are faster than it can reproduce doesn't allow the species to sustain itself, or to survive. Basically eating it to extinction. Current example - bluefin tuna. They are estimating that due to the current popularity of sushi and high grade tuna in general, the population of bluefin tuna may be wiped out in about 3 years.

So sustainable forestry - plant 10 trees a year, cut 10 trees a year. Non sustainable foresty, cut down the whole forest and leave it. Does that help? Basically it is helping to ensure that the species lives.

 

[goofygal531]

This is taken from Kevin Klose (Dis Podcast Food Critic) review of The Wave. I think he explains it well:

The Sustainable Fish means that is a species that reproduces quickly and can be harvested without fear of depleting the supply. The selection on the night we were there was a Black Cod. It was served over a bed of edamame, corn and green beans. The fish had been seared and had a dollop of cilantro chutney on top. It melted in your mouth. Black Cod is also known as Butter Fish and there is a good reason for that.

http://www.wdwinfo.com/reviews/the-wave.htm

 

[Hootch]

sablefish is another name used, is often used in place of Chilean Sea Bass which is threatened. It's a very popular fish in Japan. It's one of my favorites.

A couple of decades ago I can remember seeing Orange Roughy on menus everywhere. Orang roughy is a deep sea fish that reproduces slowly. The rate of consumption was not sustainable. I haven't seen it on a menu in a long time.

The Monterey Aquarium has probably the best known program for identifying sustainable fish.

http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/SeafoodWatch/web/sfw_factsheet.aspx?gid=32

 

[ntsammy5]

fish that repeats on you?

 

[ElizabethB]

Fancy name for farm-raised, instead of wild. By the way, farm-raised often isn't as healthy for humans as wild -- salmon is a good example. Farm-raised salmon have a lot of mercury.