In our never ending though sometimes interrupted quest to bring you seafood options when you can’t catch your own stuff, we at CFD thought you might enjoy a chance to hear from a panel of experts about today’s sustainable seafood options. Presenting at Loyola Marymount University next Thursday the 27th at 6pm, these fish food aficionados will also shed a little light on what sustainable really means and how to be aware of your best options as you go from place to place looking to get your seafood eats on. Toss in tastings and it’s a intellectual feast for your ocean-minded brain that your stomach will back you up on.
In all seriousness, the panel will include representatives from NOAA, Seafood Watch, and Whole Foods Markets. Toss in legendary Los Angeles Chef Mary Sue Miliken(One Hot Tamale) and California State Senator Ted Lieu and you’ve got yourselves a broad spectrum of expertise and or a Fish Dance Party.
There’s never been a better time to think about how we eat from the ocean. As divers, we spend so much time in and around our local waters that we see the impact of non-sustainable fisheries every time we make a jump. If you been diving more than 20 years, you know how different things used to look down there. If you’ve been diving less than that you don’t know what you’re missing. Or what is missing. We’re talking whole species reduced to essentially biologically extinct populations. Most divers don’t know what an abalone looks like outside of pictures and probably never will. That’s the whole point of the sustainable seafood movement. To keep ocean species on your plate and out of the history books.
So come on by with your friends and eat, drink, and see Mary…Sue Miliken. Sponsored by the LA Food Policy Council and supported by such CFD favorites as Santa Monica Seafood and Heal the Bay, this event only costs $10 dollars. What a bargain! To RSVP and get more coherent information, click on the poster below.
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