Via Culinate, a link to Swimming in Greenpeace's Seafood Report in the Washington Post food blog A Mighty Appetite, where Kim O'Donnel reviews the Greenpeace report Carting Away the Oceans: How Grocery Stores Are Emptying the Seas.
The report is aimed at evaluating commercial buying practices and takes a look at U.S. grocery stores. None fares well, with top-ranked Whole Foods getting only a 4 out of 10 score. The report does NOT make recommendations for consumers, nor does it endorse any of the popular watch list programs. It does provide a red list of 22 species most vulnerable to overfishing and extinction. Included are many commonly seen on menus and in fish markets here, including grouper, red snapper, and tropical shrimp.
Here’s a follow up story in the Washington Post about the measures some stores are taking to get sustainably farmed seafood. On the other hand, there are some, Greenpeace included, who claim that fish farming in itself is not particularly sustainable.