Green Options

The remarkable recovery of the Atlantic haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), a commercial fish species once in serious decline from over fishing, is described with reference to an article in The Scientist (July 1, 2009) and a discussion of the theorized causes for this fish species’ rebound. Quote from the post:

The decline of commercially valuable ground fish stocks is symptomatic of the global, over-fishing crisis. Perhaps no other region on the globe is more indicative of this crisis than New England [...]

A lobster, thought to be up to 140 years old, is to be released into the Atlantic Ocean, after briefly becoming an unconventional mascot at a New York City restaurant.

PETA found out about the plight of the 20 pound crustacean when a diner at NYC’s City Crab & Seafood called to say it was being kept in the diner’s tank. PETA’s Ingrid Newkirk praised the restaurant, saying, “We applaud the folks at City Crab and Seafood for their compassionate decision to allow this noble old-timer to live out his days in freedom and peace.”

My kids go to an awesome little co-op preschool where my wife Heather runs recruitment. She helped organize a fundraiser last fall where I ended up winning the door prize- a gift certificate for a Lobster dinner for two. It was with one of those dealies that actually ship you the lobsters overnight. I’m really not a big fan of lobster and always had a problem with that first minute after my dad would chuck them into the boiling water when I was a kid so I put the gift certificate on my dresser and pretty much forgot about it.

In the process of packing up the house to get ready for our move (we’re moving down the road to Yarmouth, more to follow on that), Heather found the gift certificate and decided to call it in. She grew up a vegetarian, has never even had lobster, and was admittedly lob-curious.

The next day our friendly overnight delivery man rings the doorbell and leaves the box on the porch.