Not all hope is lost. Although there are some serious fishing and farming issues affecting the ocean and coastal ecosystems, there are environmentally responsible and sustainable sources of seafood out there today. You can use your purchasing power to reward those efforts and create marketplace demand, demonstrating you care about the future supplies of seafood and the environment. You have more power than you think. Sixty-seven percent of seafood, by value, is served in restaurants. Your seafood purchasing decisions play substantial roles in determining which products consistently enter the market.