Plant-based eating is a part of the solution, but so is innovation in how we procure fish and seafood.
In a culture where women hold sole responsibility for feeding their families and caring for those ill due to HIV/AIDS, young girls often have no choice but to engage in sexual relationships with local or traveling fishermen in order to procure fish for their families to eat.
The Village Fish Pond Project of Thailand procures fish seed from private fish farmers.
JP procured INPA fish collection permits, acted as liaison with indigenous tribes, and assisted in data collection and interpretation.
Early in his stay, he went on a mission to procure fresh fish, a surprisingly rare luxury here.
Representatives of the company, he explained, are planning a trip to New York later this April with the purpose of "trying to find products and suppliers," as well as "investigating if we can procure live fish".
Food was mostly shipped from England, but some could be procured locally: fish, a few vegetables grown on the island, feral goats and sheep, fishy-tasting eggs from a tern colony on the island, and turtle meat obtained during the laying season from December to May.
Researchers conducted genetic testing of various types of fish procured in restaurants, sushi joints, and fish markets in 21 states between 2010 and 2012.
In all cases however, Agta subsist on a mixed economy, which is based on procuring wild products through fishing, hunting and gathering.
