Its been a while since I’ve done an app review and I think this is a great one to look at!
There has been a lot of talk recently about sustainable food – for those who aren’t really sure what this means, sustainable produce is a way of raising food that is healthy for consumers and animals and does not harm the environment, is humane for workers, respects animals, provides fair wages to the farm and supports & enhances rural communities. It is the encouragement of awareness if where our food comes from. Humans have an annoying ability that when they get the idea that something is good for you, it gets mass farmed and sometimes goes to the point of extinction.
Our oceans are suffering from the over-farming of fish, as well as a high amount of pollutants being dumped in the oceans. Most salmon native to Australia is not from the ocean, but from a farm, where salmon are crammed into pens and fed pellets made from soy, hydrolysed chicken feathers and even other fish. High amounts of carcinogens have been found in these farmed fish. That doesn’t sound like the fish John
West are grabbing from bears!
I was devastated to find out that this doesn't really happen.
So how do we know what fish are ok to eat, and which ones should we avoid?
The Sustainable Seafood app made by the Australian Marine Conservation Society can point you in the right direction! This app is very easy to understand and to use. You can search by sustainability, or by a certain fish. A handy one to look at when at the fish market, or even at a fish and chip shop!
This app also links to the Greenpeace canned tuna guide, which ranks different brands based upon their sustainability, catching methods, if there will be any by-catch (other sealife caught in the same catching method) and where it is caught. You may be a bit surprised where your supermarket favourites end up on the list!
This is a must have app for any seafood lover in Australia, and its free.
