Seasalt at Alila Seminyak goes sustainable, removes tuna from menu

With a focus on sustainability, Seasalt at Alila Seminyak in Bali has made the decision to remove yellowfin and bluefin tuna from its menu with immediate effect. This sustainable initiative is part of the hotel’s effort to stop the devastating decline of these tuna stocks in the Indian Ocean.

Since its opening, Seasalt has been strongly committed to sourcing seafood that is wild-caught and sustainably harvested from the waters of Indonesia. In line with this commitment, Seasalt partners with Bali Sustainable Seafood, a local social enterprise that provides high-quality seafood that is sustainably fished.

Driven by the world’s appetite for tuna, overfishing in the Indian Ocean is damaging the ocean’s ability to sustain tuna populations, especially of yellowfin tuna.

Recent reports state that the yellowfin tuna forms a significant portion of the annual tuna catches in the Indian Ocean, around 42 percent. Several organizations recommended reducing tuna fishing by 20 percent to hopefully allow tuna stocks to recover in the next five years.

Sustainable seafood cuisine

Through its action, Seasalt hopes to contribute to restoring a sustainable future for tuna, the world’s favorite fish, particularly its most threatened species.

Although yellowfin and bluefin tuna will no longer be on its menu, Seasalt has nevertheless prepared a sustainable replacement using skipjack. It is a local fish sustainably harvested directly from the waters around Indonesia.

Alila Seminyak has been recognized as a barometer of a sustainable property since it opened four years ago.

As part of its ongoing responsibility to the environment, the hotel has introduced its own hydroponic garden, in which it grows its own organic ingredients using hydroponics, a method of growing plants in a water-based solution without soil.

For more information and reservations, email seminyak@alilahotels.com  or call +62 361 3021 888.

Alila Seminyak
Address: Jalan Taman Ganesha No. 9 Petitenget, Kerobokan Bali, Indonesia
Website: www.alilahotels.com/seminyak