Sustainable Fisheries

Saving Sharks One Hook at a Time

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Sustainable-Fisheries, Marine Stewardship Council, Ocean Conservation, Magnetic Hooks, Overfishing, Sharks, Video, Green News
Dr. Reese Halter

Sharks, rays and seahorses are on the road to extinction. East coast cod has declined 96 percent over the past 150 years. But magnetic fishhooks are helping to save sharks, and just in the nick of time.

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'Oyster Reefs Are Disappearing: Foodies Fine, Ocean Sad'

Peter Hanlon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aquaculture, Oyster Reef, Fish Farming, Gulf of Mexico, Chesapeake Bay, Oysters, Sustainable-Fisheries, New York, Seafood, Shellfish, Food News
Peter Hanlon

85 percent of oyster reefs have been lost globally. In many bays, once-plentiful oyster reefs are now functionally extinct. But shellfish lovers shouldn't panic -- most of the oysters they eat today are farmed.

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Branzini - The Greenest Fish You've Never Even Heard of

Graham Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable-Fisheries, Sustainable Fishing, Marine Stewardship Council, Sustainable Food, Green News
Graham Hill

It's a green fish! Well, actually silver-colored and farmed, with a delicate taste, but it promotes much greener aquaculture methods.

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Something's Fishy on the Yukon...

Jeanne Devon (AKMuckraker) | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alaska, Factory Trawlers, Pollack Fishing, Sustainable Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries, Sustainability, Alaska Salmon, Sarah Palin, Green News
Jeanne Devon (AKMuckraker)

If the salmon are the collateral damage, then the losers of this war are those who have for thousands of years depended on the bounty of the Yukon.

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