https://reasonstobecheerful.world/local-ocean-oregon-coast-seafood/
"When foodies head to Newport, Oregon, one place is always at the top of their
list:
Local Ocean. Repeat diners rave about the roasted garlic and crab soup,
studded with fat lumps of local Dungeness; the lightly battered fried rockfish
tacos served with citrus slaw, Huichol mayo and pickled veggies; and the
saffron-infused Fishwives Stew, teeming with Oregon pink shrimp, wild prawns,
scallops, clams and rockfish — served with a side of garlic bread. Even the
niçoise salad, elevated with seared Oregon-caught tuna, is a standout.
An added bonus to the delicious seafood menu is that the overwhelming majority
of it — including what’s sold at the downstairs fish market — is caught in the
ocean just off Newport. That’s a rarity these days in Oregon, where a whopping
90 percent of the seafood purchased and consumed on the coast is not locally
caught, according to a recent study by the Oregon Coast Visitors Association.
Roughly 90 percent of Oregon’s seafood imports typically come from three
countries: India, Canada and China. Ironically, Oregon exports its seafood to
some of these same countries. Shipping seafood halfway across the world costs
thousands of food miles — that is, the total distance food travels from where
it’s caught or produced to where it’s consumed — creating an enormous carbon
footprint.
But also, OCVA estimates that Oregon’s coastal communities lose roughly $178
million a year because restaurants and food stores import seafood and other
ingredients from far away. (In other words, when restaurants and groceries on
the Oregon Coast order prawns from Indonesia, Atlantic salmon from the East
Coast and salad greens from California, money that could be staying in Oregon’s
coastal communities leaves the state.) That’s not even including the economic
multipliers of processing facilities, packaging and storage jobs that would be
added if seafood stayed on the Coast.
That nearly all of the seafood served at Local Ocean is caught off the coast of
Oregon and other West Coast fisheries is not by chance."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
