Fish As Food: A Love Affair, Issues Included
The novelty of seafood has gradually decreased as it turned out to have health issues, legal issues and ethical issues.
The novelty of seafood has gradually decreased as it turned out to have health issues, legal issues and ethical issues.
Wendy Gordon | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living
A new EPA study found 268 bio-accumulative and toxic chemicals--notably mercury, polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins and furans--in fish from a national sampling of 500 lakes and reservoirs.
dumblittleman.com | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is no laughing matter because these dark-gray-rainy days have a huge impact on your mood and energy level. The good ...
cnn.com | Denise Mann | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living
Salmon, tuna, and other fish are loaded with heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids, so they must be good for you, right? Not so fast--some types of fish h...
Julie Packard | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green
Ocean life is today threatened as never before. Human activities are taking their toll, and nothing exacts a greater price than the industrial scope and scale of fishing to feed our growing appetite for seafood.
ny.eater.com | Scott Solish | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York
The downward spiral of the space formerly known as Buddha Bar continues, with news leaking today that the owners are being sued by their attorneys ove...
BBC NEWS | Posted 09.29.2009 | Green
It said that 20% of mammals were endangered, as were 12% percent of birds and 29% of amphibians. Almost 5% of reptiles were considered threatened, alo...
Sarah Chasis | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green
Like the passage of a Clean Air Act or a Clean Water Act, President Obama is in the process of creating a landmark national healthy oceans policy and plan of action for our seas.
Dave Hill | Posted 11.09.2009 | Comedy
After nearly maiming me, the kitty cat got back up and headed for the end- of-aisle chip display. Here it just sat there and stared for a second before discovering a box of snack-sized Combos.
Tara Lohan | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green
Farming salmon, once a dream fish, has become a nightmare for the environment.
AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green
WASHINGTON — No fish can escape mercury pollution. That's the take-home message from a federal study of mercury contamination released Wednesday...
AP | By DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green
From The AP: WASHINGTON -- A federal study of mercury contamination released Wednesday found the toxic substance in every fish tested at nearly 300...
Frances Beinecke | Posted 09.12.2009 | Green
The long-term vitality of many important industries rests entirely on the vitality of the oceans, and right now, they are threatened by something called ocean acidification.
Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 09.07.2009 | Green
Grossly polluted, overfished to the point of near collapse of many fish stocks, and home to giant "dead zones" incapable of sustaining life, the oceans are in a state of dire threat.
Mary Liz Thomson | Posted 09.06.2009 | Green
Discovered 10 years ago, The Garbage Patch or Plastic Vortex, is a huge area of floating plastic garbage, stretching hundreds of square miles northwest of Hawaii in the ocean's No Man's Land.
AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 09.03.2009 | World
LONDON — She was big. She was beautiful. And boy was she popular with the fishermen. The death of Benson, the monster carp, has sent grief ripp...
BBC NEWS | Posted 08.31.2009 | Green
There is fresh hope that the world's depleted fisheries can be saved from collapse, says a team of researchers. They said that efforts introduced t...
Michigan Messenger | Eartha Jane Melzer | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business
Despite health deptartment warnings that many Michigan fish are contaminated with mercury, PCBs, dioxin and other chemicals, more people are fishing i...
Trey Borzillieri | Posted 08.24.2009 | Green
The average consumer is so uninformed about fish that looking through the glass case and pointing is like hitting a button on a vending machine with signage in a foreign language.
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 08.23.2009 | Green
IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Honey, I shrunk the fish!; Off-shore drilling vs. California's budget; "Clean coal" vs. reality; Tourism vs. Safety in Misso...
Kelly Meyer | Posted 08.23.2009 | Green
For decades, we have preserved iconic landscapes with wilderness areas and parks. Now, California is leading the charge to do the same underwater.
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 08.22.2009 | Green
Obama to ban antibiotics?; Mining the Grand Canyon; Chevron refuses to pay for environmental damage; The bulb is back.... PLUS: Wal-Mart going green!
Laurie David | Posted 08.18.2009 | Green
The schooling fish in the deep ocean are practically gone. We have only caught one tuna in over a month of fishing.
Dan Imhoff | Posted 08.11.2009 | Green
One recent story that should have generated some rather large waves has made only a minor splash. Chile's salmon farming industry, second only to Norway's, is on the verge of collapse.
msn.com | Posted 07.30.2009 | Green
When it began compiling lists of threatened and endangered animals and plants more than 35 years ago, the U.S. government gave itself the same mandate...
Dr. Daniel Pauly | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living