The site collects SMS messages from fishermen who had just returned to the coast after a day of fishing. Consumers can visit online and find out what types of fish are sold at the harbor where. The project now has been running for 2 years and the site was visited by approximately 600 visitors each day.
Sturm stated this program helps preserve the culture of traditional fisheries in northern Germany . Fisch vom Kutter now have a Danish version of the site and received funding from the European Union . Sturm hopes to expand the service to other ports in Germany and in various parts of Europe .
Sturm became one of the 163 participants SlowFisch 2012 , an exposition in Bremen devoted to strengthening the local fishing traditions and encourage food production level craftsmen . This project became part of the Slow Food movement was initiated in Italy about 20 years ago as a form of reaction to the food production industry level .
Meet you eat
Germans consume more fish today than 10 years ago , with an average consumption of 15.6 kilograms per person in 2011 . The highest level of fish consumption in Germany can be found in the northern regions , coastal areas and the southern region of Germany. Although the Germans appetite for fish continues to increase , spokeswoman Sabine Wedell SlowFisch revealed that Germany still imports more than 80 percent of the seafood they consume .
SlowFisch In 2012, German fishing tradition is celebrated in two vast halls filled with busy chefs and artisans make steaming mussels mustard , wine and cheese . In organizing the fifth year , this event was held in Bremen , a city in northern Germany which has ports in the North Sea .
Among the exhibitors there are chemists Ines Lehmann food tasting workshops . The visitors are invited to sniff , and taste a variety of variants menyolek fish are often found in Germany . In Lehmann outlets , approximately 40 visitors tasting wild salmon and farmed salmon . Proven that wild salmon is more red , more supple and more taste than farmed salmon .
On the other outlets , fish expert Matthias Keller menggadang predicted ' monkfish . ' A type of fish that live in the northwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean . He explained to the visitors that monkfish are also dozens of species live in the waters of Germany . Keller worked for Fish Information Center , which has a reference guide in cyberspace regarding fish species mackerel , cod , herring and other fish species are available in Germany .
Protection of fish stocks
Although consumption of fish into the main menu , this exhibition also invites consumers to choose smart . Annerose Pritzbeuer of Greenpeace shopping guides distributed to consumers in order to avoid the purchase of farmed fish is cruel . His organization wants to extend the ban on the practice of ' discarding ' of fish that have been caught is thrown back into the sea in a state of dying or dead . Greenpeace seeks to prevent trash fish that will not sell , or participate caught in the nets . According to Greenpeace guide , mackerel , trout and herring is considered safe , but the German favorite fish - Alaskan pollock fish - not recommended .
Keller fish experts also warn that sustainable fishing practices are needed to protect local populations of endangered eels from German waters. But he added that the cod population in the northeastern waters of the Arctic began to improve after over 3 decades of overfishing.
More than 30 thousand people visited the convention SlowFisch. According to spokeswoman Sabine Wedell, Slow Food Germany has the second largest community in the world after Italy.
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