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Eco-friendly tourists and the environmentally friendly will be pleased to know they can enjoy sustainable seafood while vacationing in the Cayman Islands. By eating sustainable seafood you are helping not to overharvest a species and to avoid eating endangered species. Sustainable seafood is abundant and can withstand regular fishing.
Fine dining is one of the most popular activities on the Cayman Islands. Many tourists enjoy and look forward to going out to eat – whether for lunch, dinner or even breakfast. The food on the Cayman Islands is both fresh and delicious. Many of these dishes do feature seafood as the Cayman Islands are surrounded by crystal blue waters filled with fish. Looking for sustainable seafood is an ideal opportunity to help the ocean and the ecological balance of the Cayman Islands.
Restaurants that participate are fully certified when they show that all seafood items on their menu are sustainable. But participation is available to all restaurants that can show a minimum of one sustainable seafood item on their menu, with the potential for improvement to their sustainable seafood options. The staff is provided with education and support materials.
Choosing restaurants that have sustainable seafood is good for the ocean and helps to keep an ecological balance. Not overfishing is helpful for many species and helps to avoid creating endangered species in the future.
Interested in finding sustainable seafood when you visit the Cayman Islands? It’s easier than you think. Simply look for “Sea Sense” on the menu when you search for seafood dishes at the following fine restaurants and resorts:
(In alphabetical order)
- Agave Grill
- Breezes by the Bay
- Casa Havana (Westin Casurina)
- Castaway’s at the Reef Resort
- Cimboco
- Cobalt Coast Resort
- Ferdinand’s Caribbean Café (Westin Casurina)
- Full of Beans
- Harvey’s Island Grill
- Hemingways at Grand Cayman Beach Suites
- Hungry Iguana Restaurant & Bar
- Little Cayman Beach Resort
- Luca Restaurant
- Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink (Carmana Bay)
- Pappagallo’s Ristorante
- Pirate’s Point Resort (Little Cayman)
- Ragazzi Restaurant
- Schooners Grill (Boatswain’s Beach)
- Southern Cross Grill (Little Cayman)
- Sunshine Grill (Sunshine Suites)
- Turtle Crawl Deli (Boatswain’s Beach)
- Westin Casurina – Beach and bar menus
- Wreck Bar & Grill
Many people would like to do something to help the ocean – and now it’s easy to do something while enjoying your vacation! Choose your favorite restaurant from the above and remember to look for the seafood sustainable dishes on the menu. Some restaurants may be full certified and others may have some dishes on their menu. But any sustainable choice you make is helpful to the ocean and the ecological balance in the Cayman Islands.
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