Bon Appétit Magazine has named Monterey Bay Aquarium as its “Tastemaker of the Year” for 2008, recognizing our Seafood Watch program for its influential role in transforming seafood buying habits across the United States. Read our press release.
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.
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.
Get the inside scoop on what seafood to savor and what fish to forgo in this archived edition video webcast. Portola Cafe Executive Chef Dory Ford and Seafood Watch manager Sheila Bowman share tips for choosing and preparing sustainable seafood dishes.
The Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions—fourteen conservation organizations across North America, including the Monterey Bay Aquarium—announced an agreement in May on the "Common Vision for Environmentally Sustainable Seafood," highlighting a clear path for achieving sustainability in the seafood industry.
For more information about the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions and the Common Vision, visit
www.solutionsforseafood.org.
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.
The 2007 DVD release of the Academy Award®-winning animated film Happy Feet includes a Seafood Watch pocket guide and a short film about how your seafood choices can help penguins and other ocean wildlife. The pocket guide is also featured on the Happy Feet website.
