Love your seafood as much as the environment, says a new guide to sustainable fish stocks. The main aim is to help diners in Singapore enjoy their meals without harming one of the world’s major marine ecosystems. It is fact that the Singapore is one of the biggest seafood consumers in the Asia Pacific region, with an average 100,000 tonnes consumed each year.
According to environmental group WWF, which launched the Singapore Seafood Guide on Thursday, it is the most sought after guide available for seafood lovers. It is told that this guide would help consumers and corporations through informed seafood choices.
Amy Ho, managing director of WWF Singapore, said that at the time of buying seafood or dining out, consumers can use the Singapore seafood guide to choose species that are fished and farmed responsibly.
It is informed that the guide uses a simple traffic light system: green means recommended eating choice; yellow stands for only eat occasionally and red means avoid eating. Singapore is a hub for seafood and almost all of it is imported, the WWF said, much of it from the unique, and fragile, marine ecosystem next door known as The Coral Triangle. Geoffrey Muldoon of the WWF’s Coral Triangle Programme, opined that the Coral Triangle is under increasing threat because fish are being taken out faster than they can be replenished.
