A note about buying fish, given the disaster in Japan...

Since the nuclear disaster in Japan, the amount of radiation seeping into the Pacific waters remains unknown.  For this reason, please ensure the fish you purchase is ATLANTIC based and not from the PACIFIC waters, unless it is frozen fish which pre-dates the disaster.  Some GTA supermarkets I have spoken with (including Longo's at York Mills & Leslie and Whole Foods) are not carrying Pacific fish at all (Longos) or only carrying fish that was frozen prior (Whole Foods)...please ask and if management are not able to provide an answer, skip it for now until the issue is better understood.  Also remember this if you are eating sushi -- some fish (tuna, butterfish, etc) are brought in from the Pacific region.  The owner of Wakame (a popular local Japanese haunt)  has told me that his fish is now sourced from the Atlantic waters as he was informed that there is a Canadian government prohibition from importing Japanese fish at the moment.  Hopefully that is in fact the case.  In any event, be safe -- ask, confirm the sources, they buy.