Aquarium shares the "common vision"

Today sees the launch of the Conservation Alliance for Sustainable Seafood. More than a dozen conservation organizations from the United States and Canada have partnered to pursue a common vision for sustainable seafood and work together as the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions. Using a range of approaches, participating organizations bring conservation expertise to companies that buy and sell seafood. We envision a future where environmentally sustainable fisheries and aquaculture (or fish farming) thrive along with the communities that depend on them.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium has been active in the ocean-friendly seafood movement since the launch of our Seafood Watch program in 1999. Since that time, the Aquarium, by partnering with like-minded organizations across the U.S., has put over 22 million pocket guides in the hands (and wallets) of seafood consumers.

We have worked closely with local restaurants and chefs and have partnered with large buyers of seafood, such as Bon Appetit Management Company, who are the lead sponsors of our annual Cooking for Solutions event May 16-17.

This week, the Seafood Choices Alliance issued a new report which showed that the engagement of seafood businesses in sustainable practices is growing. We hope to see a day in the not-too-distant future when sustainability is the norm and the common vision is both shared and realized.