January 10th, 2014
08:45 AM ET
Zak Smith is an attorney with the marine mammal protection project at the Natural Resources Defense Council in Santa Monica, California. Did you know that buying American seafood could save a whale? A new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council finds that 91% of seafood consumed in the United States is imported and nearly every wild-caught foreign fish product sold in the U.S. violates the Marine Mammal Protection Act, endangering the lives of marine mammals around the world. Countries exporting fish to America are supposed to prove they use safe methods to catch fish destined for the U.S. market. But for decades the U.S. has failed to enforce this law. That means whales, dolphins and sea lions are at risk, and American fishermen who invest in safer methods have a disadvantage in the marketplace. There are ways to reduce this harm. Until the U.S. enforces the Marine Mammal Protection Act, which requires importing countries to prove they are meeting American standards, consumers can play a role in protecting whales, dolphins and sea lions. When making sustainable fish purchases consider helping marine mammals by buying American-caught wild seafood. Read - Eat fish, kill a dolphin? Previously: |
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Canadian-caught wild seafood I would think would be as good as the American caught in this regard?
China, Canada, and most especially Japan all fish in US waters. It's all the same. I will eat Canadian fish, 'cause it's good.
Would love to hear how lobster & crab fishing affects whales. Do the whales really try to squeeze into tbose tiny traps sitting on the bottom..........
W T H ?
Whales scare the sh!t out of me.
It's the Flying Spaghetti Monsters that scare me.......
I hope you're joking.