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September 18, 2025

Sustainable Seafood: How Consumers Can Help Protect Our Oceans

 

As consumers, we play an important role in the restoration and preservation of the seafood we consume, so it’s important to promote healthy oceans and sourcing seafood responsibly by strictly adhering to fisheries regulations, especially closed seasons!

Here are three ways you to ensure you’re being a conscious consumer of sustainable seafood:

  1. Try new varieties that are in season only—even if they may not be as popular. Who knows, you may find your new favorite seafood!
  2. Initiate conversations with your vendors and ask them what is in season. Eating seasonally not only ensures better taste and freshness, but it’s also more economical.  Start a conversation with your local fisherman or server, whether they’re certified as a participating Fish Right Eat Right or not, about what seafood is fresh and currently in season.
  3. Stay informed about the seasonality and sustainability of seafood consumption to ensure you’re always following the Fisheries Regulations of Belize.

The choices we make at the dinner table ripple far beyond our plates, they have a direct impact on marine ecosystems. By supporting sustainable seafood practices, we help protect marine ecosystems, ensure fish populations can replenish, and secure a healthier blue planet for generations to come.