Fish market conundrum? Text for help

US marine conservation group Blue Ocean Institute has launched a cell phone-based service to send you text messages with the information you need to make smart seafood choices.

Next time you're at the seafood counter or in a restaurant and can't recall whether farmed catfish is managed in an environmentally sustainable fashion, send a text message and within seconds you'll have the institute's take on it.

Type FISH, followed by the name of the seafood in question, such as tuna send to shortcode 30644. The service covers more than 90 species, and suggests alternatives to options that pose environmental concerns.

[via the Mercury News]

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