Article Title: How (and Why) to Eat Invasive Species?
Author: Bun Lai
I think it is very ingenious that Lai uses invasive species as food. It is an effective way to control the population of the invasive species. Using invasive species as a food source not only helps maintain them and allows for the native species to grow back, it gives us delicious food. It's a win-win; it benefits the ecosystem and introduces people to a new source of food.
Author: Bun Lai
- Lai's restaurant, Miya's Sushi, uses what's available in where he lives.
- He finds invasive species often.
- Invasive species are destroying farms and fisheries, causing economic damage that is estimated at $120 billion each year.
- Solution to invasive species is eating them.
- Asian Sea Squirt is indigenous to the Philippines but took over what used to be blue mussel habitat from Maine to New Jersey.
- Sea squirt is considered a fouling organism and a pest by the shellfish industry. However, in South Korea, it is considered a delicacy.
I think it is very ingenious that Lai uses invasive species as food. It is an effective way to control the population of the invasive species. Using invasive species as a food source not only helps maintain them and allows for the native species to grow back, it gives us delicious food. It's a win-win; it benefits the ecosystem and introduces people to a new source of food.