Seafood was easy for me to cut out of my life…

I was diving on a good reef in the Dominican Republic. In a 45 minute dive I saw 1 parrotfish. Just 1. Then the boat dropped us back off at the beach. From there I could see all the shops/ cabanas lining the beach, each with an attractive sign “PARROTFISH!”
Then I looked at all the people on the beach, and there were so many people eating friend fish, and most clearly appeared to be parrotfish.
In that moment without needing to think about it much at all, I could clearly see the impacts of human/ consumer demand. In that moment, I said, okay, I’m done eating seafood. And at that time, we were eating sushi every weekend. That was almost 5 years ago.

Fishing parrotfish is illegal in Thailand! It should be avoided everywhere. They are essential to our reefs, and ocean health. Fishing them is the fisherman just shooting themselves in their foot.

I’m trying to cut my meat now, and it’s been easier than I thought! Just trying to reduce my impact on the planet.

Also the land that’s needed for food that feeds livestock could be used to give food directly to humans!