Dinner Shouldn’t Be About Going Fishing for Information

Written by Guest on October 1, 2012in Featured, News, Policy, seafood - 0 Comments

Editor’s Note: This guest post is by Beckie Zisser, an ocean advocate at Oceana, the largest international advocacy group working solely to protect the world’s oceans. Bon Appétit Management Company is proud to have partnered with Oceana on its petition to ask Congress to strengthen seafood labeling laws.

Americans eat a lot of seafood. We rank third in global seafood consumption, behind China and Japan, and we spend billions of dollars every year on seafood. But for most Americans, the knowledge of what we’re eating ends with what’s printed on our menu. Most people have little idea about the complex route their fish has taken from the boat to their plate. Continue…

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