Greenpeace opens seafood restaurant
‘Has catching this fish impacted endangered species?’ ‘Is the population of this species still healthy or has it been overfished ?’
Far too often we’re left left without answers to these questions and others when trying to find out if seafood products on their supermarket shelves have come from sustainable sources. Inadequate labelling and a lack of publicly available sourcing policies have made it impossible for consumers and other market players to assess the sustainability of the seafood they buy and sell.
Last year we published the NZ Red Fish List which showed the 12 most critical species to avoid. Greenpeace has been asking for urgent action on these species – if you care about the state of our oceans, these are the species you should avoid buying.
Today, at our mock seafood cafe Jellyfish de Jour in downtown Auckland, we launched a new report called ‘While Stocks Last‘. The report draws a strong link between supermarket seafood retail and the state of the oceans. It outlines some concreate actions that supermarkets must take and that we as their customers can take to push them in the right direction.
You can find out more and download the full report here.
Unchecked the fishing industry will leave little in the seas but harvests of ‘bait and worse,’ – the bottom levels of the marine food web like sea cucumbers, jellyfish and, eventually, plankton – for future generations to eat… [But] you don’t need to worry about these problems, as long as your children like plankton stew” – Dr. Daniel Pauly, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, January 2003.
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Brilliant work, guys
Great to see this happening out on the streets – well done Greenpeace.
Love the menu, really gets the messsage across!
I would like to say that I actually stopped eating fish about 6 years ago as my own personal protest to the destruction of the oceanic ecosystem by commercial fishing. people thought i was mad, why not be a vegetarian they would ask – they just didnt get it.
i have been very happy to see over the past months the topic has been getting more and more discussed.
Well said. I hope it never becomes a reality!
Is this an actual serious cafe? I would have been happy to go if it’s for real.
I used to date a fisherman, who went out on the boats down south years ago. He has told me all about ‘dredging’ fishing, and how over the years fish that there used to be alot of have become scarce now. My heart would break when I would here of all the consequences of dredging. I think it’s AWESOME that fish of our childhood are now in short supply! And that it’s not okay, maybe, just maybe it’s a sign of something wrong. I think this is a great campaign.
[...] Jellyfish cafe was launched last month in QE2 square, Auckland. The menu consisted of eight items – from snapper to shrimp to orange roughy and bluefin tuna. The idea was to demonstrate the impact of depleting fish stocks and promote sustainable fish stocks to consumers. As a result, the only items available on the menu was jellyfish, at 499.00 a portion! (download the menu here). [...]