Ep. 09: Fishing for a Fix

<p dir="auto">It’s no secret our oceans are in <strong><a href="https://www.gfi.org/blog-trouble-in-our-oceans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">trouble</a>. </strong>Climate change and bad policy continue to contribute to major shifts in one of the most complex ecosystems on the planet. Among the most pressing challenges are <a href= "https://www.epa.gov/ocean-acidification/understanding-science-ocean-and-coastal-acidification" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>ocean acidification</strong></a> (the ocean today is, on average, 25% more acidic than in pre-industrial times), <a href= "https://www.worldwildlife.org/threats/overfishing" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>overfishing</strong></a> (a staggering 93% of all fisheries are being fished at or beyond capacity, while demand for seafood continues to rise the world over) and <a href= "https://www.plantbasednews.org/news/-discarded-fishing-equipment-threat-marine-life" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>plastic pollution</strong></a> (about half of which is a direct result of fishing and seafood consumption; more than 640,000 tons of “ghost gear” — discarded fishing equipment — ends up in oceans every year). And while efforts to address these issues have ramped up in recent years, they have often focused on the wrong things. In this episode of Feeding 10 Billion, Varun and Ramya sit down with Jen Lamy, manager of the <a href="https://www.gfi.org/seafood" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Sustainable Seafood Initiative</strong></a> at the Good Food Institute, to discuss the problems facing our oceans, the complex and opaque seafood supply chain and why plant-based and cultivated seafood are the best way forward.</p> <p dir="auto">SHOW NOTES:</p> <p dir="auto">What is plant-based meat and seafood?</p> <p dir="auto">Plant-based products are direct replacements for animal-based products, such as plant-based meat, seafood, eggs and dairy. These include products that use the biomimicry approach to replicate the taste and texture of meat, as well as pla