Caribbean Sustainable Fish For Dinner

Who doesn't love seafood?

Make the better choice for supper when your choosing your seafood. The sustainable fish list helps put the right fish on your plate.

Divers who have been coming to Bonaire for years have been recognizing a decline in the larger fish species. What used to be a sea full of larger predatory fish is now a sighting on a rare occasion.

Just like trying to eat the Lionfish of the Caribbean into extinction we have significantly reduced the numbers of some of the other fish species on Bonaire's surrounding reefs by making them our delicious meals.

This seafood guide gives you an idea of what fish are appropriate for dinner because they are capable of regenerated themselves for healthy numbers in the future. Some fish, especially shellfish, are on the endangered list. However, there are fish farms that have had some success raising these fish.

Conch for example should only be eaten from the farms in Venezuela. The Caribbean Spiny Lobster is currently in the process of being raised in the British Virgin Islands. As this is a relatively new aquaculture project their supply is still in the growing stages but looks to be a promising business.

When eating in the restaurants ask your server/owner where the food has come from. If we take an interest in the food we eat the restaurant owners will take an interest in whom their suppliers are.

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