Support Us For those who are working to reduce or eliminate their meat intake, fish and other seafood often become their main source of protein, usually under the belief that eating fish doesn’t cause the same environmental harm as eating other sources of animal protein. But it’s not just pescetarians who are eating a lot of fish. Seafood consumption has increased and become a widely popular menu item, whether it’s restaurants offering wild-caught fish or grabbing a tray of sushi from your local grocery store. Americans consumed about 4.8 billion pounds of seafood in 2009, most of whi...