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Seafood buyers make a choice at Stagnaro Bros. Outdoor Fish Market on the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf in Santa Cruz, Calif., on April 18.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Monterey Bay Aquarium\u2019s Seafood Watch Program reaches out to environmentally conscious consumers with a mobile app that lists recommendations on buying ocean-friendly seafood.<\/p>\n

The program was launched in 1999 as a way to raise awareness about the plight of the ocean\u2019s fish and fills an information gap for consumers since fish for sale are generally not labeled as ocean friendly.<\/p>\n

The app is based on Seafood Watch\u2019s pocket guides that use a color-coded ranking system to advise the public on whether a species of fish is caught or farmed in ways that harm the environment.<\/p>\n

Most choices are evaluated on several criteria, such as fishery, habitat, species and management practices.<\/p>\n

The mobile app was introduced in 2010 and allows seafood consumers to check the sustainability of seafood they buy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve labeled the choices best, acceptable alternative and avoid, but the reasons why each of those is in that category is very varied, so I can\u2019t say that everything in \u2018avoid\u2019 is overfished because it\u2019s not that simple,\u201d said Monterey Bay Aquarium\u2019s communications liaison Alison Barratt.<\/p>\n

Seafood markets and restaurants use the Seafood Watch guidelines from the app and website to make sure they are buying from sustainable fisheries.\u00a0 Stagnaro Bros. Seafood on the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf in Santa Cruz, Calif., follows the recommendations to ensure that fish stocks remain plentiful.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsumers do not want us to sell seafood that is not sustainable,\u201d said Stagnaro\u2019s manager Hector De La Cruz. \u201cWe buy most of our fish from Alaska based on Seafood Watch information.\u00a0 The only local fish we sell now is petrale sole.\u201d<\/p>\n

The app was just recently updated to include a new feature.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the beginning we didn\u2019t have Project Fishmap, so that\u2019s the feature that lets you tag where you find ocean-friendly seafood and other people can see where you found those items,\u201d Barratt said.<\/p>\n

To use the app, enter the species name, and the program delivers recommendations right to your mobile device.<\/p>\n

For example, there are multiple choices for salmon ranging from best choice to salmon to try to avoid.\u00a0 The reasons for the listings are displayed below each entry, and additional information is also available to consumers on the MBA website (http:\/\/montereybayaquarium.org).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole idea of the pocket guides (and app) is that people will trust that we have done the homework and that we are saying this is the best bin (category) to put this (seafood) into right now. It\u2019s up to you to choose,\u201d Barratt said. \u201cYou can be a part of the solution.\u00a0 Know that your choices make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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