Seafood

Analysis of 40 Studies Shows Seafood is Often Mislabelled

March 25, 2021 by Sage Edwards

The guardian recently analyzed data from 44 recent studies of more than 9,000 seafood samples from supermarkets, restaurants, and fishmongers. The data collected comes from more than 30 countries and shows that 36% of seafood was mislabeled. Photo credit: MementoImage/Getty… [read]

New Study Finds Microplastics in Seafood

September 2, 2020 by Sage Edwards
Last updated on: September 2, 2020

A new study published in Environmental Science and Technology found microplastics in 100% of the seafood tested. Researchers acquired 10 oysters, 10 farmed tiger prawns, 10 wild squids, 10 sardines, and five wild blue crabs. All of the samples tested… [read]

Microplastics are In Your Poop

October 29, 2018 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: October 31, 2018

According to a recent study presented at the 26th United European Gastroenterology (UEG) Week, the plastics surrounding the food we eat has now made it into our gut. Researchers from the Medical University of Vienna and the Environment Agency Austria… [read]

Safe Seafood and What to Avoid in 2017

May 10, 2017 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: May 10, 2017

Roughly half of all of our seafood is from farmed sources. That isn’t inherently a bad thing. Farmed fish seems like a logically, responsible consumer choice. The problem is that modern agriculture’s ability to slowly strip away as many nutrients… [read]

The Weird Sustainable Foods We Could All Be Eating Soon

April 28, 2016 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: May 23, 2017

Sustainable is big buzzword with the brightest minds of today looking for ways to feed an ever growing population in the face of an increasingly unstable and degrading Earth. People ignoring the environmental factor of the sustainable equation claim that… [read]

Crab Cakes – They’re Not What You Think

November 21, 2015 by Joel Edwards
Last updated on: November 20, 2015

Maryland is facing controversy over mislabeled blue crab cakes. Because of its crucial role in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem, the blue crab is considered a keystone species. Without it, the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem would suffer serious disruption. The blue crab… [read]

Wild Caught? Maybe Not – Salmon Sold to You May Have Been Farm-Raised

November 9, 2015 by Joel Edwards
Last updated on: December 3, 2015

The wild caught salmon sold to you in restaurants and grocery stores may have been farm-raised. Unfortunately, the results of a new study suggest that unless you catch it yourself, you can’t be sure it wasn’t farm raised. Using DNA… [read]