Written by Talia of innBrooklyn.

I have found it increasingly easy to eat sustainably in recent years. I'm lucky to live in Brooklyn and we have great resources for local and organic food. It is no effort to sprinkle pasture raised cow's milk Parmesan over an heirloom tomato sauce on a bed of homemade organic pasta. I can get my shade grown caffeine fix and feed my sweet tooth with fair trade, artisanal chocolate. But when it comes to finding a way to eat ethical seafood, its another story. It sometimes seems impossible to keep track of what fish is sustainable, never mind where to get it. Every species has to be independently analyzed to determine whether it is endangered, to understand the local eco system and method of fishing, even to know about the fish's own diet. But don't despair, here are some tips so you can carrying on enjoying your nutrient rich, Omega-3 fatty acid endowed fish - along with a selection of favourite recipes from the blogosphere that will make the effort to search out sustainable seafood worthwhile!

Since the large predator fish like tuna and salmon have been fished to the point of extinction in the wild, it is much more sustainable to eat near the bottom of the food chain. A single pound of tuna needs a full seven pounds of smaller fish to feed it, so if we simply eat the sardines directly, we retain a significantly higher portion of biomass in the oceans. Also the predator fish have much higher concentrations of toxins, like mercury, in their flesh.