WTO And the Future of Fish
Solving our global fisheries crisis will require global solutions, and involvement from everyone. Making good choices about the seafood we eat is a great way for each of us to do our part.
Solving our global fisheries crisis will require global solutions, and involvement from everyone. Making good choices about the seafood we eat is a great way for each of us to do our part.
Huffington Post | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green
Eating "rare" delicacies just got to a new level. In China, chefs have figured out a way to keep a fish alive as it gets deep fried and then waits to...
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.
Posted 10.14.2009 | Green
Stephen Colbert sat down with National Geographic Explorer-In-Residence and author Sylvia Earle to discuss her book, The World Is Blue, which is about...
AP | CLARKE CANFIELD | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green
PORTLAND, Maine — The basic makeup of the ocean waters off the Northeast and the mid-Atlantic region has fundamentally changed in the past 40 ye...
Cathy Erway | Posted 08.31.2009 | Green
Seafood has enjoyed a long history of acceptance among people who otherwise do not eat meat. Yet today's food gurus are placing pescatarianism at the height of ravenously irresponsible eating.
Trey Borzillieri | Posted 09.24.2009 | Green
"We stopped hunting on land and became farmers," said Cousteau. "We have to do the same thing as far as the ocean is concerned."
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.
Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green
The usually environmentally friendly Trader Joe's fared the worst of the national chains on Greenpeace's recently released seafood sustainability scor...
bloomberg.com | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green
"If Hagen Stehr can solve the issues surrounding breeding predacious fish, he'll have a sustainable product that will last forever," says Barbara Bloc...
David Parker | Posted 07.23.2009 | Comedy
In the French Quarter, bartenders still look like strippers, strippers still look like prostitutes and prostitutes still look like, well, they also look like prostitutes.
Samuel Fromartz | Posted 07.10.2009 | New York
Given all the controversy around Nobu, I posed the following question to a number of people, including New York Times columnist Mark Bittman, and ocean conservationist and writer Carl Safina.
Grist | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green
One billion people rely on seafood for their sole source of protein. But if we don't start eating more sustainably, scientists predict that our waters...
Sarah Chasis | Posted 07.09.2009 | Green
As we celebrate World Oceans Day, let us remember the great bounty that the sea provides us and our responsibility to be good stewards of this great public resource.
Ari Bendersky | Posted 05.25.2009 | Chicago
Since the menu is fairly eclectic between the diner fare and the dozen or so fresh fish and seafood items flown in daily, pairing was going to be a little tricky.
Daniel Kessler | Posted 05.17.2009 | Green
As Somali pirates have captured the world's attention over the past week, I've been up to my neck in pirates of a different sort.
Robert Stavins | Posted 05.01.2009 | Green
What has long been considered the obvious answer to collapsing fisheries -- restrictions on fishing -- has been shown time and time again to be the wrong answer. The right answer is enlightened use of markets.
Starre Vartan | Posted 03.05.2009 | Green
It was with plenty of excitement for the revival of my inner marine biologist-girl that I read through the New York Times' coverage of Google Earth's new application.
Grist | Lou Bendrick | Posted 09.15.2008 | Green
Questions around eating fish are a legitimate source of angst. Not only are our oceans in peril from pollution and irresponsible harvesting (according...
Planet Green | Colin Dunn | Posted 06.10.2008 | Green
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) states that we can safely eat about 12 ounces of fish--about two average portions--per week, to help us fi...
Julie Packard | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green