Sustainable seafood: Related Content

  • 5 Simple Things You Can Do for the Ocean

    plastic bottles, cans, a yellow hard hat, and other human refuse litters a tropical beach CREDIT: Flickr User Fabi Fliervoet  1. Bring Your Own
    The trash we "throw away" doesn't disappear. Plastic bags, disposable food containers, snack wrappers, and other loose garbage can be washed into local waterways and eventually end up in the ocean where it poses a major hazard for marine life. Sea birds, turtles, seals, and other animals can mistake floating plastic for food or become tangled in it and die.
  • Orange roughy and various marine species, bycatch, on the deck of a research trawler

    Orange Roughy and Bycatch

    Orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) is a deep ocean fish that grows and matures at a sluggish rate compared to most shallow water fish.  They don't reproduce until they are at least 20 years old and can reportedly live to well past 100 years.

    In the last few decades fisherman have expanded their fishing territory into deeper waters, including the roughy's habitat.  Heavy fishing coupled with the fish's slow reproductive cycle put this fishery in serious decline.

  • Tunas and Marlins Officially Classified as Threatened

    Extinction is a real possibility for three species of tunas. That’s one of the messages from a new study released today online in the
    journal Science. 

  • An underwater photo of Southern Bluefin Tuna swimming above a fish farm net.

    Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii)

    The Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) is listed as "critically endangered" on the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species. If its population continues to decline, the species faces the possibility of extinction. It's not alone. Scientists classified the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (T. thynnus) as "endangered" and Bigeye Tuna (T. obesus) as "vulnerable." 

  • Rough Going for Orange Roughy

    In the dark, cold waters 600 meters (nearly 2000 feet) below the ocean's surface, things happen slowly. Orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus), deep ocean fish that were once known as "slimeheads" because of the mucous-producing canals on their heads, grow and mature at a sluggish rate compared to most shallow water fish. They don't reproduce until they are at least 20 years old and can reportedly live to be 149.

  • One fish, two fish, crawfish, bluefish book cover displaying four fish

    One fish, two fish, crawfish, bluefish

    Visit the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum's sustainable seafood website for more seafood information, including recipes from One fish, two fish, crawfish, bluefish.

  • Guests at Smithsonian's Natural History Museum's 2010 sustainable seafood event

    Guests at Smithsonian's 2010 Sustainable Seafood Event

    Guests enjoy American wines and seafood at the Smithsonian's 2010 sustainable seafood event. This year, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural HIstory is hosting Demystifying Seafood, a wine and dine event on Thursday evening, June 9, 2011.

  • Demystifying Seafood

    Calling all fans of Bravo's "Top Chef" reality show: the Smithsonian Resident Associate Program is hosting Demystifying Seafood, a wine and dine event at the National Museum of Natural History on Thursday evening, June 9, 2011. "Top Chef" runner up Mike Isabella, fan favorite Carla Hall, season one contestant Sam Talbot, and over 30 other acclaimed chefs will be preparing "sustainable seafood" dishes for guests.

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  • Sustainable Seafood Glossary of Terms

    Aquaculture - a form of food production involving the cultivation of commercial fish and shellfish species under controlled conditions. Aquaculture currently takes place in contained ponds and along the coast; but offshore aquaculture has begun to gain popularity in open ocean environments. Inland operations include closed tank systems, ponds, and runways.

    Biological Overfishing - when too many fish are harvested from a fishery, there remain too few individuals to reproduce quickly enough to sustain the population at a healthy level.

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