How ChoiceCatch Improves Our Wild Fisheries
Seafood is an important source of protein throughout the world. With demand for seafood growing globally, we need to ensure fish populations remain healthy to support tasty, ocean-friendly seafood in our markets. There are many different ways to produce and harvest fish and ChoiceCatch strives to distinguish those that are best.
The ChoiceCatch team assesses domestic and international seafood sources for environmental impact and sustainability. By conducting in-depth research and using our decision-ranking tools for wild fisheries and fish farms, ChoiceCatch identifies the best available sources of a given species. This information is then used to direct purchasing away from problematic areas and more towards healthier fish supplies.
ChoiceCatch considers the following factors:
| For wild species: | For farmed species: |
| Stock health | Farm management |
| Catch of unwanted species | Environmental impacts |
| Habitat impacts | Escapes |
| Fisheries management | Disease |
| Fish feed |
ChoiceCatch Improves Our Aquaculture Sources
From New England to South America to Asia, we are working with a number of our farmers to build on and improve their operations. Together, we work to identify and implement practices that produce high quality fish, while minimizing the impact to the environment.
