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Teaching the world about sustainable seafood one fish at a time. Fish Smart is a program of the Minnesota Zoo. Follow Us:

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Leading Chefs Speak Out on Choosing Sustainable Seafood

Celebrity chefs and culinarians from our Blue Ribbon Task Force – Michael Cimarusti, Susan Feniger, Kerry Heffernan, Ed Kenney, Nathan Lyon, Rick Moonen, Jonathon Sawyer and Virginia Willis – talk about the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program, why choosing sustainable seafood matters for the ocean and how you can help.

These culinary leaders and the community they represent play a central role in the sustainable seafood movement. They’re creating demand by pushing producers to supply high-quality, environmentally friendly products. And they’re spreading awareness to customers, colleagues and policy makers that – when it comes to ocean health – our seafood choices matter.

Learn what you can do to make a difference

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Meet Minnesota Zoo sustainable seafood Fish Smart partner Matt Bickford. Bickford is the chef and co-owner of the Minneapolis restaurant and music venue, Icehouse.

Listen as Chef Bickford explains why sustainable seafood is important to him, his restaurant, and why it should be important to you too.

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Yale SharkTalks - Barton Seaver - "The Contexts of Sustainable Foods"

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Barton Seaver: Sustainable seafood? Let's get smart

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Clam Chowder - FishSmartMN

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Grilled Mussels with Pickled Pepper Relish and Lemon Aioli - FishSmart MN

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Halibut Ceviche - FishSmart MN

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Summertime Tuna Salad - FishSmart MN

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Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fish

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Our oceans belong to us: TED Talk: A Way to Protect Our Oceans

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Great video on the virtues of restorative seafood! 3D Ocean Farming -The Least Deadliest Catch: Bren Smith at TEDxBermuda 2013

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This is a really great video that talks about why seafood traceability is important. The was put out by PBS Food as part of their Lexicon of Sustainability series and it's 100% worth a watch.

We'd also love to know what your thoughts are on seafood traceability. Would you buy seafood more often if there was proof that you where getting what you were paying for? Let us know what think in the comment section below.

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Kara of Shedd Aquarium's Right Bite Team demonstrates March's Fish of the Month recipe for Clams with Spanish Chorizo in Saffron-Wine Broth. Get the recipe on our blog: http://bit.ly/OJIYoQ

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MSC Certified Chilean Seabass is no only a great sustainable seafood choice, but it's also a great story! Chilean Seabass, otherwise known as Patagonian Toothfish, were once severely overfished, but due to increased management of the fisheries, their populations have now rebounded back to healthy levels! Watch as the Minnesota Zoo's Sustainable Seafood Coordinator puts together this really easy, delicious dish that you can easily put together at home! Visit us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/FishSmartMNZoo Visit us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/FishSmartMN Don't forget to subscribe!

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Learn how to help protect fish and ocean animals by making good decisions when purchasing seafood. The decisions you make when choosing seafood at grocery stores and restaurants directly impact the health of our oceans. Seafood Watch provides recommendations based on scientific research and strict fishing/farming sustainability criteria. You can use one of the many free tools (iPhone and Android apps and consumer guides) provided by Seafood Watch to start making a difference today! Get involved at www.seafoodwatch.org. Special thanks to Simons Strategy & Communications and Evolve Media Production for their work in developing this video.

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This is one GREAT reason why you should know where your shrimp is coming from and the impact it can have. Video courtesy of Sea Cern.

"Here is how 1/2-billion juvenile croaker, spot and weakfish(Gray Trout) are killed annually in NC as shrimp trawl bycatch. NC fishery rules allow trawling in our estuarine waters- waters that are critical habitat nursery areas for finfish and blue crabs. Weakfish stocks are listed as severely depleted. Croaker and spot harvests are down 90% and at historical lows. Blue crab harvest is at a historical low. Please write you NC representative, senator, Governor and leaders of the House and Senate. Change is needed at NCDENR and NCDMF to stop the absolute waste of our important coastal resources."

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This is a great video that explains overfishing and it's effects! Watch and share!