With the exception of some countries like Japan, we generally eat much less fish than meat and other foods. And recently some researchers have published a report called  Assessing seafood nutritional diversity together with climate impacts informs more comprehensive dietary advice  and published in the journal Nature, in which they refer to the nutritional capacities of fish and shellfish, and refer to their impact environmental.

We have to say that in general fish have a much lower environmental impact than meat, and their nutritional value is high (of the same order of magnitude as meat) and with a higher level of protein.

Deep-sea fishing, as we have to navigate a lot to get it (as is the case with hake), has a greater environmental impact due to the fuel that must be consumed to fish it, but fishing from proximity or in marine farms has a much smaller impact.

And in the case of some very popular shellfish such as mussels, it hardly has an impact because it feeds on suspended particles in the water, and it also has a lot of protein.

And there are other cases such as anchovies (which I love) that have a lot of food with little impact, and that on many occasions are wasted to be ground and animal feed is made.

In general, the study indicated at the beginning tells us that seafood provides us with great nutrients with very little environmental impact, and therefore we should improve our diet by increasing its consumption in our diet. We would all win.

 Dear friends, at lunchtime, let's remember the fish!!!

By Amador Palacios

Reflections of Amador Palacios on topics of Social and Technological News; other opinions different from mine are welcome

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