Tag: environment
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Fish, Sustainability, and Used Cars: Guest post by Dr. Martin Smith
[Editor’s preface: Yesterday, we opened our discussion of seafood eco-labeling with a guest post by Dr. Tim Essington of the University of Washington. Today we present the second perspective on the Marine Seafood Council’s report on environmental certification of seafood products. Dr. Marty Smith is the Dan and Bunny Gabel Associate Professor of Environmental Economics…
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Is seafood certification the answer to sustainability? SeaMonster asks Dr. Tim Essington
[Editor’s preface: How should the conscientious piscivore forage in the complex ecosystem of the modern market? Those of us who love seafood but want to do the right thing are confronted with a blizzard of information and adviceĀ — often conflicting — on the status of marine fish populations and the various management measures intended…