Have you ever wondered why we only serve local and sustainable seafood? Here's why!

Many fish species we enjoy are in trouble due to destructive fishing and farming practices. Choosing Ocean Friendly restaurants makes a real difference for our oceans. By making responsible and conscious seafood choices, you can help protect marine life. We'll explain how you can make these choices in this blog post.

First of all, what does sustainable seafood mean?

In short, it means benefiting the planet, people, and businesses, but there's much more to it. Sustainable seafood involves protecting wild sea species and coastal habitats, ensuring safe working conditions for workers, and supporting thriving businesses. This comprehensive approach is what defines sustainable seafood.

The main meaning of sustainable seafood comes from fisheries and its operations that make an effort to keep harmful environmental impacts to a minimum, who also make sure good and fair working conditions exist, while supporting livelihoods and economic benefits along the entire supply chain protecting it as best as possible from coming to an end.

Overall, sustainable seafood production helps ensure that their product is fished and farmed in ways that promote the long-term & well-being of said wildlife and the environment they live in. Being an Ocean Friendly Restaurant means we work in collaboration with environmental experts worldwide to explore ways to improve the preservation of wildlife.

You can search how safe it is to consume the seafood that you love

If you’re starting to make conscious decisions about the way you consume seafood, you can make your own research in different websites about the species that are in more danger, over-fished or that belong to non-responsible practices, such as: https://www.seafoodwatch.org/recommendations/download-consumer-guides.

 

By clicking on each species important info about it will appear for you and it will be labeled in 3 different ways:

• Best choice: Buy first. They’re well managed and caught or farmed responsibly.

• Good alternative: Buy, but be aware there are concerns with how they’re caught, farmed, or managed.

• Avoid: Take a pass on these for now. They’re overfished, lack strong management, or are caught or farmed in ways that harm other marine life or the environment.

Make your own well-thought choices between the ones that belong to “best choice” and “good alternative”, always trying to stay away from the ones labeled by “avoid”.

This is why our menu doesn’t include specific seafood

As our main title says, our menu doesn’t include shrimp cocktail or tuna for certain reasons. First of all, both are species that are usually over-fished, lack ethical management, or are caught or farmed in ways that attempt over the security of other kinds of sea life or its environments. 

These are some of the reasons why you never see shrimp cocktail or tuna on our menu. It wouldn’t be aligned with our values as a company and as individuals

How do your actions affect positively on the ocean environment?

The farming of fish and other seafood also known as “Aquaculture”, is a practice that holds great promise since it’s a solution to the increasing pressures on our ocean resources. When good practices and decisions are made, it's possible to farm seafood in a way that minimizes impacts to the environment and consumerism. These conscious operations limit hazardous effects such as: habitat damage, disease, pollution, escapes of farmed fish and the use of wild fish as food without an empathetic way of thinking.

Why is it a complete cycle affected by the most little actions?

Practicing sustainable seafood actions ensures fair and safe working conditions for everyone involved in the seafood supply chain, including retailers, producers, and suppliers. These stakeholders are responsible for adhering to international labor laws designed to prevent human rights abuses such as forced labor, human trafficking, and hazardous child labor. By committing to sustainability, we help protect both our oceans and the people who rely on them for their livelihoods.

We invite you to join our cause! As we’ve already mentioned in our other blogpost where we talk more in depth ofour great, important practices that make us an Ocean Friendly certified restaurant.

Being part of this community and mindset by supporting environmentally conscious restaurants and adopting a more conscious approach to seafood consumption can help take care and save our oceans. It doesn't mean giving up seafood; it means embracing sustainable practices that protect our oceans, support producers, and ensure a better future for everyone. Let's make a positive impact together!Many fish species we enjoy are in trouble due to destructive fishing and farming practices. Choosing Ocean Friendly restaurants makes a real difference for our oceans. By making responsible and conscious seafood choices, you can help protect marine life. We'll explain how you can make these choices in this blog post.