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Plastic: A Deadly Diet



Act to Reduce Plastic Bag Pollution (Photo © Sarah Lardizabal/ Marine Photobank)
ACTION ALERT

Act to Reduce Plastic Bag Pollution

Each year, thousands of seabirds, marine mammals and sea turtles die from eating plastic or getting caught up in it. Californians use around 19 billion plastic bags each year, many of which eventually become marine debris. Act NOW to support a bill to reduce this marine pollution.
 
Newly Updated 2008 Pocket Guides

Newly Updated 2008 Pocket Guides

Our Seafood Watch pocket guides have been updated to include fish caught in the Great Lakes (the Central U.S. guide), as well as revised recommendations for marlin, sea scallops and Atlantic herring/sardines. Wild-caught salmon from CA and OR has been removed from the West Coast Seafood Guide because the fishery is closed for 2008. Learn more about the update.PDF

Download a printable pocket guide or order pocket guides. You can also view pocket guides
on your mobile device by logging on to mobile.seafoodwatch.org.
 
Seafood Watch on Your Cell Phone

Seafood Watch on Your Cell Phone

We've made it even easier to carry the most up-to-date Seafood Watch recommendations—they're now available for cell phones and other mobile devices with an Internet connection. Use your phone to log on to mobile.seafoodwatch.org and you'll be automatically directed to our online pocket guides, just in time for you to order your next seafood meal.
 
ARAMARK Partners with Seafood Watch

ARAMARK Partners with Seafood Watch

ARAMARK, one of the world's leading professional facilities management and food service companies, is partnering with Seafood Watch to shift its U.S. seafood purchases toward sustainable sources over the next decade. It's another big step toward creating market demand that will change fisheries and fish-farming practices around the world.

 

Join our Ocean Action Team

Learn about the latest ocean issues. We'll contact you when it's time to speak out or step up.
 
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"It used to be a desolate place, covered withh oil rigs, its waters polluted. Today, it's a wetland in recovery with a growing population of marine animals, plants and birds -- including elegant terns like these. That's the story of..."

 


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