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Salt & Shore: Recipes from the Coastal South

Published 2024

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Sourcing sustainable seafood can be overwhelming. Knowing the species of your seafood, where it’s from, and whether it was wild caught or farm raised will provide you with most of the information needed to determine its sustainability metrics. However, you’d need to be well-versed on environmental science and international food systems policy to decipher that data. That’s why we established this list of trusted resources, broken down into four categories to make things easier to digest.

Eco certifications. These are globally recognized stamps of approval issued by independent organizations that have been accredited, licensed, or are supervised by the appropriate government authorities. The certifications are voluntary, involve ongoing inspection, and are supported by strong, well-managed commitments to sustainable practices. We look for eco certifications because they provide us with an assurance that the seafood we’re buying meets most, if not all, of our sustainable sourcing criteria. The big seven that we’ve come to trust are the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP), Ocean Wise, FishWise, Friend of the Sea, and Fairtrade.

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