Bottomfeeder: How To Eat Ethically In A World Of Vanishing Seafood (2008) - Plot & Excerpts
If you like the story behind the seafood, this book is for you. Grescoe travels the world with an elegant pen and a scientific mindset, discussing, in human terms, how and why and where our seafood comes from. As a biology and nutrition scholar, I was impressed by the lengthy discussions of the food chain.. the quick reference guide at the end groups organisms by trophic level... and will forgive him his misunderstanding of omega 3 vs omega 6 fatty acids. It reminded me that the slowest fish of all - even when it happens to be very swift indeed - is always the one you catch yourself. GrescoeTaras Grescoe makes a lot of really good statements in this collection of essays, organized around the depleting of protein, (fish), in the collected oceans and seas of our common environment. The impression he makes is that each of us is responsible for addressing the topic as a verifiable and accountable issue, one that is only capable of being remedied with active and persistent questioning. In seeking new forms of protein, he ascertains the methods that have been used have not only overfished and depleted resources that were seemingly inexhaustible, new methods developed to compete with a greater demand have caused more damage to the environment, yielding more bycatch and greater quantities of smaller and smaller fish.These ideas are echoes of other writers and other essayists, political campaigns and a variety of non-profit organizations who seek to further various initiatives and ecological awareness issues - where Grescoe separates his writing is the first hand accountability he implores the reader to take, using his own experience as a suitable example.
What do You think about Bottomfeeder: How To Eat Ethically In A World Of Vanishing Seafood (2008)?
Yikes!! There's a part of me that wishes I hadn't read that. But mostly I'm glad I did.
—lauralaura
Transformed the way I think about eating fish. No cheap Asian shrimp
—Hburress
Anyone who eats seafood and/or fish should read this book
—Captain Serano
