fábulas sustentáveis

When I started the PhD, the cod stocks were in very bad shape. On the opposite, sardine is a fish from low level of the marine food web; catch with purse-seining, a fishery with relatively low environmental impacts, and had greater potential of consumption in Portugal, since Portuguese love more sardines than any other people. Because Portuguese eat so much cod, it would be great if they would eat more sardine (or other small pelagic fish) instead. It turns out that after some years of trying to have something interesting to say in a PhD thesis... The cod is not so bad because some stocks (not all!) as for example the Norwegian, recovered and are now certified by MSC . Plus this year the North Sea cod stock seems that had finally recovered . And Portuguese sardine stock (Iberian stock) had problems, with consequent s uspension of the MSC certification in 2012. Now more and more evidences show that it is a threat to marine life the depletion of sardine stocks, with importan...

Lofoten para além de bacalhau tem também baleia. Não é um peixe, é um mamífero. Mas é um recurso marinho. E selvagem. A espécie é a  baleia anã . Only Minke whaling is currently permitted, from a population of 107,000 animals in the North East Atlantic and is argued by proponents and government officials to be sustainable. Still, it has been frequently criticized by the international community, environmentalists and animal rights groups as Norway, along with Iceland and Japan, is one of few countries that still allows whaling. Foi difícil de perceber que há carne de baleia por todo o lado: no supermercado, nos restaurantes e no mercado de rua como produto regional. Nos restaurantes é mais barato baleia do que peixe! O governo Norueguês argumenta que é um recurso com uma gestão sustentável e que a actividade é importante para as comunidades locais: The whale meat is used for consumption, primarily on the domestic market.  Minke whaling today ...

Lofoten é um lugar especial no norte da Noruega. Várias montanhas perdidas no oceano, ligadas entre si numa travessia que demora 6h por estrada. O mar está sempre no horizonte: uma linha azul que não se consegue separar entre o céu e os lagos.   É a terra do bacalhau,  Gadus morhua . O bacalhau chega no início do ano à costa. E há diferente tipos de bacalhau: podem migrar de longe ou viver próximo da costa. Skrei é o bacalhau que vem de longe: Skrei is Norwegian Arctic cod, but it’s a special run of this wandering ocean stock that’s renowned for its lean meat and distinct, delicious taste.  It’s also reported to have the highest nutritional value of all cod.  Every year between January and April the Norwegian coastline comes alive for the much anticipated skrei (pronounced “sk-rey”) season, when millions of large, mature fish undertake their annual journey from the Barents Sea back to their spawning grounds that surround Norway’s Lofoten is...

to do  this to be  here picture from here but first to take this If there is anything good about to don't have a consistent plan, is that you let the time decide it for you.  Good things come up whenever one imagine. Fabulas is going once again to the "cod land". And I hope to find my fish up up up there in the north.

Exports of Norwegian clipfish to Portugal are doing very well, even though the country finds itself in a very serious economic situation.   Never before have exports of clipfish to Portugal been so high for the month of May, comments market analyst Ove Johansen from the Norwegian Seafood Council.   This tends to confirm market reports showing that the Portuguese are eating more clipfish than ever before. I thought that the economic restrictions will make people prefer fish less expensive. Cod is not a cheap fish to buy. It is possible to buy fresh fish in Portugal cheaper.  One just need to find some species that are not so popular.  It also depends on the season. Anyway, the Norwegian cod is  MSC  certified and the stock has been rebuilding. The sustainability criteria is not frightened. But Portuguese consumers could reduce the seafood consumption and at least diversify the species. 

Pesca + peixe + bacalhau = Noruega. O país é lindo: uma costa de montanhas que acabam abruptamente no mar.  Os noruegueses são lindos, simpáticos e contentes.  E há peixe por todo o lado.  O Fábulas está em Tromso, norte da Noruega, no círculo Polar Ártico.  Tromso fica numa ilha rodeada por montanhas.  A paisagem é como se houvesse um cenário de fundo permanente.  As cores são lindas: azul do mar, castanho das árvores, branco e luz reflectida da neve.  Neve e mais neve... e frio... e mergulho!  O importante é ter boas roupas.  A natureza está lá fora à nossa espera.  Bons momentos dentro...    ...e boons momentos fora.