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The Secret Life of the Northern California Coast
Lifelong recreational fisherman and self-described “fish nerd” Kirk Lombard wants you to know that there’s an entire universe to Northern California fishing and marine life beyond what meets the eye....
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Paul Greenberg’s All-Fish Diet
Fish has long been Paul Greenberg’s bread and butter. But last year, the fisherman, journalist, and author of Four Fish and American Catch took his relationship to seafood to a new level. While...
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The Fisherman Who Wants to Transform SF’s Fisherman’s Wharf
Amidst the clam chowder bowls and t-shirt shops on San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf, Giuseppe “Joe” Pennisi’s weathered trawl boat looks out of place. Stationed on his docked vessel, the third...
View ArticleCan Sustainability Commitments Get Slavery Out of Seafood?
In 2015, more than 2,000 enslaved fishermen were rescued from brutal conditions in the seas around Indonesia. Some had been savagely beaten while others had been kept in cages. Slave labor was found...
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A High-Tech Solution to Seafood Slavery and Illegal Fishing
Inexpensive seafood can come at a high price. To make as much money as possible, it’s not uncommon for fishing vessels to spend more than a year at sea, fishing continuously, without supervision; some...
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San Diego’s Fishermen Brace for Waterfront Redevelopment
Captain Kelly Fukushima is in a good mood, bustling between fellow fishermen and customers eating tuna tacos at his stand. The open-air Dockside Market in San Diego’s Tuna Harbor, which required an...
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Aquaponics Farmers Band Together to Set Their Industry Apart
Kimberly Aney, a recent graduate of the agriculture program at SUNY Cobleskill in Upstate New York, has dreams of building a small farm that grows fish and lettuce in concert with one another. She says...
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Pier to Plate Brings Sustainably Harvested, ‘Under-Loved’ Fish to New England...
Every summer, tourists flock to Chatham Pier on Cape Cod, Massachusetts to watch commercial fishermen unload their catch. And for hundreds of years, it was cod that fishermen hauled into Chatham’s...
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Rick Moonen: Pebble Mine Threatens the Future of Seafood
As a chef and restaurant owner, I have dedicated my life to serving delicious, high-quality foods—particularly seafood—to diners from around the world. Which is why, although it may be...
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Gen Z is Creating a Market for Fake Fish
Millennials may have killed big-chain restaurants like Applebees, but Generation Z, the generation that follows, is breathing life into a new crop of vegan seafood products with their zeal for...
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Fish Are Getting Their Animal Rights Moment
Life is improving for billions of farm animals. Pregnant pigs are being liberated from gestation crates. Laying hens have more room to roam. Cows are humanely slaughtered. But fish? They’re the...
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Fish 2.0 Offers Cash, Advice to an Ocean of Seafood Start-Ups
In a large ballroom at Stanford University’s Arrillaga Alumni Center, jittery entrepreneurs make their way onto a small stage to pitch their sustainable seafood ventures. Out of 184 applications, only...
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Can the Shinnecock Nation Save its Fishing Rights?
Sunrise was just breaking when David Taobi Silva walked out of Heady Creek after checking his eel nets for catch from the previous night. It was April in Southampton, New York, near the far eastern tip...
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Meet the Women Growing the California Seaweed Economy
It’s hard to imagine that the famed California coastline could still hold a “best-kept secret.” But beyond the scenic beaches and sand volleyball courts, there is a whole lot of what could very well...
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The Future of Fishing Is Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
New England’s groundfish season is in full swing, as hundreds of dayboat fishermen from Rhode Island to Maine take to the water in search of the region’s iconic cod and haddock. But this year, several...
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There’s Tremendous Human Suffering Behind Our Food. It’s Time to End It.
Melati,* a worker in an Indonesian factory, was trained to peel 600 shrimp in one hour—one every six seconds. But she could never meet this target. Working in dangerous conditions, she struggled to...
View ArticleFish Fraud is Real. What Should We Eat?
There was a time in my life, not too long ago, when the only fish I ate were the fish I caught myself. Sportfishing was my passion. Back then, I’d have sooner driven a Hummer than bought a slab of...
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11 Steps to Make Seafood Better for You and the Planet
Omega-3 fatty acids are one of America’s most popular—and hyped—nutritional supplements, the cornerstone of a multi-billion-dollar market promising a healthier heart and sharper brain. But a closer...
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Can Aquaculture Survive Without Forage Fish?
Aquaculture is booming. Today, worldwide, we consume more farmed fish than wild-caught species. Think about it: How often do shoppers buy the more expensive wild-caught salmon over the farm-raised, and...
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Farmed Scallops are Coming to a Plate Near You
Bangs Island Mussels’ farm manager Jon Gorman heads out on Casco Bay, off of Portland, Maine, in a blue and white fishing boat named Le Cozze (Italian for mussels). He motors past one of the rafts...
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