Around the world, people eat more fish than any other type of animal protein, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. There are 5 million fish caught per minute and 2 1/2 trillion fish caught per year. Overfishing is decimating ocean life at an unprecedented rate. Bottom trawls—huge, heavy nets dragged across the ocean floor—destroy almost 4 billion acres of ocean floor every year. It’s staggering. We’re clearly taking more from the ocean than it can give. Better fisheries management isn’t helping. Plus, discarded fishing gear is killing all kinds of ocean life every day. People talk about plastic bottles killing sea turtles, but the truth is that 45% of ocean pollution consists of used fishing nets and gear. Plastic only accounts for about 1,000 sea turtle deaths a year, while discarded commercial fishing lines kill nearly 300,000 sea turtles a year. That’s not even scratching the surface of our oceans warming at alarming rates, threatening all kinds of sea life.

We grew up in New England loving seafood. Derek was a lobsterman in Maine for four seasons. We want to be part of the solution, not the problem. We’ve developed all kinds of vegan ‘seafood’ recipes, from lobster rolls made with lobster mushrooms to King oyster mushroom scallops with Smoky Creamy Linguine. And when you need a quicker solution, our Good Catch line of products gives you ready-made, spot-on frozen crab cakes, salmon burgers, fish fillets, and fish sticks (perfect for the little guppies!). Discover 100+ recipes for enjoying them too. Love sushi and tuna tartare? Try our Current Foods sushi-grade tuna and salmon. All of these fish-friendly foods and recipes are tasty alternatives that help keep more fish swimming happily in our oceans. Hopefully, they’ll also keep you happy in the kitchen, while giving our oceans a much-needed break.