New 'Seafood Action Cards' let you tell restaurants to be sustainable

A small item in the Food section of the Washington Post caught my eye yesterday. It seems that the Monterey Bay Aquarium has created a new pocket card you can leave on the table at restaurants, either thanking them for serving sustainable seafood, or encouraging them to do so.

The Post's Jane Black wrote about it in the All We Can Eat blog. She found out about the Seafood Action Cards while attending a sustainable-seafood conference at the aquarium.

I know this is not a local story, but the cards are something you can download, print and use in DC.

Jane linked to the Seafood Action Card download here (it's a PDF). The Monterey Bay Aquarium is known for its Seafood Watch program and the printable Pocket Guides for the different regions of the U.S. The guides help you choose ocean-friendly seafood -- species that are not being overfished or fished in a way that is destroying habit or other species.

Also available from the aquarium: A new Pocket Guide for Sushi, a site for mobile phone users, and an iPhone app.