When Taras Grescoe declares he will try anything on his voyage around the world in search of ethical seafood, he means it. He eats poisonous pufferfish, morally questionable shark fin soup, and potentially dangerous oysters during months without r's. He even samples fishmeal (yuck). After 18 months of eating his way up and down the marine food chain, Grescoe exits a bottom-feeder -- committed to consuming fish lower on the marine food web, with the exception of farmed shrimp (too toxic) and wild abalone (too rare).
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Hi Jennifer.
Great article at the Tyee.
The Toronto Star ran an article quoting Grescoe's book and his thoughts on Saturday May 3rd (see link). Hopefully being in the Saturday paper will help increase public awareness/attention to these issues!
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ideas/article/420948