Texting for Fish Information Fast

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I have a love-hate relationship with technology. Most of the time I love all the techno-things you can do until my office network has a hiccup and shuts down. Then I hate it. Today I have a very cool tech tip for you courtesy of blueocean.org If you plan to buy fish for dinner tonight, you can send a text from right in front of the fish counter and make sure the fish you purchase is eco-friendly and without a health advisory.

Here’s what you do. Send a text to 30644 with the message FISH followed by the name of the fish you want to buy…for example, FISH SCALLOPS or FISH SALMON. I sent a text for FISH SALMON and received two texts within a few seconds. The first text had a red flag saying that farmed salmon has significant environmental concerns with a health advisory for potential PCBs and pesticides. The second text with a green flag indicating a better choice said that wild Alaska salmon had very few environmental concerns.

The Blue Ocean Institute tracks 90+ fish species and regularly updates their database. You can check out their website at http://www.blueocean.org