Tag Archives: seafood watch

EcoWatch’s List of Seafood to Avoid Falls Short

EcoWatch, the Ohio-based environmental website, posted its list of “16 Popular Seafood Choices You Should Avoid Eating” today. Unfortunately, these types of posts are generally little more than regurgitated information that gloss over the details in an effort to generate online … Continue reading

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Michelle Obama is NOT Feeding Mercury-Laden Fish to Maine Students

While I almost always appreciate media outlets and individuals sharing my work, it is sometimes frustrating when a data-driven piece of mine is co-opted to serve someone else’s agenda–especially when the data does not support said agenda. This Really Isn’t about Michelle … Continue reading

Posted in Chef's Collaborative, Groundfishing, Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI), Human Health, Maine Fisheries, Mercury, Northeast Fisheries | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Is Ecolabeled Seafood Healthy Seafood?

I’ve been writing some about mercury in seafood recently, which, a few of my readers have suggested, seems a little out of my wheelhouse. After all, the founding idea behind The Good Catch Blog is to focus on how species, … Continue reading

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