CHATTANOOGA – The Tennessee Aquarium had an unusual species on display Monday morning, the rare television chef.
TV Chef Alton Brown was in Chattanooga to help kick off the launch of the Aquarium's "Serve & Protect" campaign, a project to promote sustainable seafood.
"One-third of all fished species have collapsed globally," said Dr. Anna George, director of the Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute. "That means that these fish are now at least 90 percent below their historic maximum populations. The time to act has come if we want the ocean to remain healthy."
So the Aquarium is collaborating with celebrity chef Alton Brown to launch, "Serve & Protect," a new seafood program designed to offer some tasty solutions. "Working as a chef and working on television, I know the number one answer to this problem is education," Brown said. "Americans tend to eat a lot of a very few fish species. And there's a lot more flavor available out there than just tuna, salmon and grouper."
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