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Seafood and Sustainability assignment:

You have been asked by your dining room manager to recommend ways to source fish more sustainably.  Accordingly, you will write a short paper (250-500 words) explaining:
1. what sustainability means, when we talk of seafood
2. why you would want to source seafood sustainably
3. how you would go about it (How do you decide what seafood to buy?  What organizations can help you in this? How do you communicate your concerns to your customers?)

Use the following videos, articles and website as source material. Make it clear that you have read or seen them.

Assignment is due December 5

Grading rubric: 6 points for each section, 2 points for grammar and style

 

Watch video:

Read:
The blue revolution: A new way to feed the world | The Economist

Read:
Fish farming: The promise of a blue revolution | The Economist

 

Visit website:
http://www.seafoodwatch.org/businesses-and-organizations

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