I just discovered Seafood Watch, a mobile app that brings up up to-date recommendations for ocean-friendly seafood and sushi. I was doing a restaurant review in Louisville’s Seviche in late September and the chef told me about the app, so I downloaded it right away.
The latest version of the app includes Project FishMap, which lets you share the locations of restaurants and markets where you’ve found sustainable seafood. As the map grows, you’ll also be able to see what others have found near you.
They want you to help map the businesses and restaurants in your own area in the U.S. so that collectively it will make it easier for everyone to find ocean-friendly seafood wherever you are.
The app is available on both Android and iPhone.
Features include:
- Provides free, up-to-date recommendations at your fingertips with detailed seafood information
- Uses your phone’s GPS to load the right regional guide for your location
- Enables you to search for seafood quickly and easily by common market name
- Allows you to sort seafood by “Best Choice,” “Good Alternative” or “Avoid” rankings
- Sushi guide lists fish by Japanese name as well as common market name
- Provides alternatives to seafood on the “Avoid” list
- New Project FishMap feature lets you contribute to the app by adding the names of restaurants and stores where you’ve found ocean-friendly seafood and locate businesses where others have found sustainable seafood
- Highlights list of “Super Green” seafood that’s good for you and the oceans
Renee Blodgett is the founder of We Blog the World. The site combines the magic of an online culture and travel magazine with a global blog network and has contributors from every continent in the world. Having lived in 10 countries and explored nearly 80, she is an avid traveler, and a lover, observer and participant in cultural diversity.
She is also the CEO and founder of Magic Sauce Media, a new media services consultancy focused on viral marketing, social media, branding, events and PR. For over 20 years, she has helped companies from 12 countries get traction in the market. Known for her global and organic approach to product and corporate launches, Renee practices what she pitches and as an active user of social media, she helps clients navigate digital waters from around the world. Renee has been blogging for over 16 years and regularly writes on her personal blog Down the Avenue, Huffington Post, BlogHer, We Blog the World and other sites. She was ranked #12 Social Media Influencer by Forbes Magazine and is listed as a new media influencer and game changer on various sites and books on the new media revolution. In 2013, she was listed as the 6th most influential woman in social media by Forbes Magazine on a Top 20 List.
Her passion for art, storytelling and photography led to the launch of Magic Sauce Photography, which is a visual extension of her writing, the result of which has led to producing six photo books: Galapagos Islands, London, South Africa, Rome, Urbanization and Ecuador.
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