- Overfishing
- Pirate Fishing
- Selling Off of the Ocean
- Destructive Fishing Practices and Bycatch
- Aquaculture
- Pollution
- Climate Change
- The Domino Effect
On Vancouver Island, surrounded by an ocean full of a bounty of seafood, we are often unaware of how our decisions about where our seafood comes from affects local and global food systems.
Click to listen to Dr. John Volpe, UVic & Slow Islands Convivium Leader Brooke Fader talk to Kathy McAree from In Good Taste on CFAX 1070 radio talking about the importance of Slow Fish
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Brined Humpback Shrimp, sea asparagus, dulse cracker, miners lettuce, shrimp floss |
Humpback shrimp are large shrimp caught alongside Spot Prawns, usually as a bycatch. They spawn in the late fall, and the females keep the eggs under their tails until the spring. The newly hatched eggs are all born male, turning into females after two years in order to mate. You can purchase humpback shrimp at Cowichan Bay Seafood in the Victoria Public Market at the Hudson.
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Verjus Cured Scallop, verbena carrot sauce, chickweed, apple, sea lettuce |
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Salt lingcod brandade, sweet cicely aioli,
pickled sunchoke, flowers, kelp
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Mussels in mushroom and kelp broth
with Fol Epi bread
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