Greenpeace launches new seafood cafe
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July 25th, 2009
Jellyfish cafe was launched last month in QE2 square, Auckland. The menu consisted of eight items – from snapper to shrimp to orange roughy and bluefin tuna. The idea was to demonstrate the impact of depleting fish stocks and promote sustainable fish stocks to consumers. As a result, the only items available on the menu was jellyfish, at 499.00 a portion! (download the menu here).
Do you state the origin of your seafood on your menu and are customers interested in this? Greenpeace has developed a Redlist (download here) of 12 commercially caught or farmed seafood species they recommend avoiding. This list includes snapper, prawns, tuna, orange roughy and even hoki.
Some retailers in Europe and North America are already taking some of these species unsustainably caught in NZ off their shelves. Would you like to see these species highlighted in MyRecipes? Greenpeace sure would. Let me know your thoughts!