Friday is a good day for a fish report.
GOOD ran a short but interesting interview with author Paul Greenberg of the new book, Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food. Greenberg believes wild-caught fish should be treated like game, with specific places of origin. Here’s a short excerpt from the interview:
GOOD: When it comes to sustainable food, why do fish tend to get overlooked?
Orthodox. Faithful. Free.
Sign up to get Crisis articles delivered to your inbox daily
PAUL GREENBERG: Fish has been excluded from the food reform movement because most people just don’t know how to deal with it. Fish and fishing are very complicated and most people don’t have a visceral feel for these wild animals. In the back of my mind and the minds of many fishermen, we know that cod are in bad shape. At the same time, we know American striped bass have been doing better of late.
(Hat tip: Laurance)