Fresh-Picked Seattle

Here are some resources and events related to our Pacific Northwest seafood & sea vegetable cornucopia.  

RESOURCES

• Earlier in 2009, Seattle blogger & food guru Traca Savadago  put togther a screening of the fishing film “End of the Line."  Running through the list of those attendees that assembled for it is a great place to start getting up to speed on the world of Pacific Northwest sustainable seafood:
  • Chef Becky Selengut runs the Seasonal Cornucopia site, which has a listing of recommended seafood sources. She is also working on a book about sustainable seafood, so if you are not already, sign up for her newsletter for her updates.
  • Casson Trenor is the author of the Sustainable Sushi Guide.
  • Jon Rowley has been called a “Disciple of Flavor” by Saveur Magazine, and has had a tremendous impact on the seafood world. For more information on this very interesting guy, this Seattle Times article is a good start.
  • Shauna MacKinnon helped created the SeaChoice sushi card and works as Marketing Director for Living Oceans.
• You can also see the website for “End of the Line” (trailer below) to check for other screenings.  They have a sustainable seafood widget you can embed into your own blog or website. 

• For more general information, you can also see the book Bottomfeeder and of course, Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch (which is also on Twitter!).
• For general, non-edibly-focused edification about the critters of the sea, Seattle Parks and Rec offers tide walks that are often good for the little ones.
• For outdoors edible activities, check out the Washington State Dept. of Fishing and Shellfishing for seasons and licensing info.
• The University of Washington Dept of Aquatic and Fishery offers public lectures.  Previous topics have included sustainability issues, any currently scheduled ones are in the calendar below.
• Interested in seaweed and sea vegetables?  In case there are no events currently listed in the calendar below, check out Earthwalk Northwest and Wild Food Adventures as both of those organizations have had harvesting classes and workshops in the past.
• Also check out the Wild Foods, Foraging and Ethnobotany post for related resources.

Events