Go Blue! Seafood Sustainability

Eat More Farmed Clams, Oysters, Mussels, and Scallops to Improve the Environment and Human Health!

Premise: Farmed Bivalve Mollusks such as mussels, scallops, clams, and oysters can serve as:

·         Indicator species for determining aquatic ecosystem health and as water quality

            enhancers by way of filter feeding

·         Low trophic level species that can produce food with reduced

           carbon footprint and with essentially no human provided feed inputs

·         Nutritional powerhouses that can contribute greatly to human health

Conclusion (based on the above premise): The worldwide farming and consumption of

                             Bivalve Mollusks should be increased in order to:

·         Monitor and enhance the health and preservation of coastal ecosystems

·         Assist in reducing CO₂  and reducing the consumption of higher trophic farmed

            aquatic species that may be net users of resources and generate larger carbon footprints

·         Advance human health by way of their high protein/low fat,  and broad array of vitamins,

            minerals, trace elements and omega 3s

Please leave any comments concerning this topic.....for example:  ocean acidification affecting oyster spat production, eco-friendly status of bivalve farming, constraints on further expansion, the wonderful nutritional profile of bivalves....Many Thanks, Dave