Fish from China

[MsBirdie]

Is it safe? Almost all the fish I was looking at today was Farm Raised from China. I remember the 2007 reports and bans on seafood from China. Is that still an issue? Would you buy it? Why or why not?


Today I went wit some cod, but would like to have some others from time to time.


Thanks for the info.

[JessicaS]

I don't buy seafood from China but I am sure lots of people will have their own opinions.

Here is some information

http://www.eartheasy.com/eat_sustainable_seafoods.htm

http://www.seafoodchoices.com/home.php

http://www.fishsource.org/

We are in the middle of the country so good seafood is a real treat, it already has a footprint just by it getting to us, so I try to just buy the sustainably caught local seafood. I do get cod and orange roughy now and then but we usually eat tilapia, salmon and shrimp

[Magelet]

From what I've heard, seafood from china is scary. Things like outhouses placed so that the excrement falls directly into the tilapia ponds.

[ollyoxenfree]

I'm another who avoids seafood from China. I have concerns about safety and quality, and I also think local seafood is a better choice in terms of environmental sustainability/food miles etc.

[FireWithin]

I heard a segment on NPR. They talked about chicken/tilapia farmers. They put the chicken cages over the water so that the fish could eat the fish poop.

I haven't bought any since then

[JessicaS]

Here is an article from the NYT

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/bu...ss/18fish.html

Apparently China says it is working on the problem but I am rather dubious.

[columbusmomma]

Originally Posted by Mammo2Sammo

I heard a segment on NPR. They talked about chicken/tilapia farmers. They put the chicken cages over the water so that the fish could eat the fish poop.

I haven't bought any since then

[mags]

I avoid buying any fish farmed or fished in china. I too have heard horrible things about the tilapia.