07 Giu World Ocean Day
On June 8, 200 starred restaurants and chefs around the world (25 in Italy) will not cook salmon, tuna, sea bass and other “noble” fish species to bring to the table a menu based on local fish and little known fish.
Saturday 8 June celebrates the World Oceans Day, the World Day for the Protection of the Oceans and Marine Resources promoted by the United Nations.
Also this year Relais & Châteaux, the largest network of chefs in the world, takes part in the celebrations with Fish Unknown: a calendar of dinners, events and awareness-raising initiatives around the world to celebrate, at table, the biodiversity of the seas, lakes and rivers in each region, fighting over-exploitation of the seas and promoting consumption of lesser known fish species.
The alarm launched by FAO is real: 30% of the seas are fished in excess and 60% at the limit of its capacity, interrupting the reproduction processes and impoverishing their natural biodiversity. And in restaurants the greatest quantity of fish is consumed; for this reason over 200 chefs in 44 countries headed by the French Association have chosen the day dedicated to the sea to welcome a challenge: pause in their menus the most “noble” and exploited fish such as salmon, tuna, prawns and sea bass for make room for locally caught fish and lesser known fish, but no less delicious than those that normally find great space in the maps of great restaurants.