Sustainable Fishing

The Bottom Line: Fishing for Giants

Lee Crockett | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Species Conservation, New England Fisheries, Pew Environment Group, National Geographic, Iccat, Bluefin Tuna, Sustainable Fishing, Wicked Tuna, Video, Green News

Promoting selective fishing that wastes little ocean wildlife is one key to the bluefin's recovery. Fishermen who use rods and reels, such as those profiled in Wicked Tuna, can specifically target the species and release undersized fish alive.

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Little Fish, Big Help

Peter Hanlon | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Virginia, Nrdc, Alewife, Fish, Sustainable Fishing, National Marine Fisheries Service, Fishing, Overfishing, Crocodiles, Green News

During the first week of August, fish that don't typically get the lavish attention enjoyed by more charismatic megafauna finally got some recognition that might keep them from disappearing.

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PHOTOS: Sea Lion Fatally Shot (Warning: Graphic)

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Sea Lion Dead, Sustainable Fishing, Sea Lion Shot Venice, Sea Lion Violence, Los Angeles News

Animal rights groups Marine Animal Rescue (MAR) and Friends of Animals are offering a $5,000 reward for any information that will lead to the culprit ...

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The Sustainable Seafood Myth

Brendan Smith | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Ocean Acidification, Climate Change, Oceans, Sustainable Fishing, Climate Change Seafood, Sustainable Seafood, Food News

Put down your fork -- Whole Foods is not telling you the whole story. The dirty little secret of their seafood rating system is that it ignores the largest and most imminent threat to our oceans: greenhouse-gas emissions.

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Snakeheads: They're What's For Dinner

Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Snakehead Fish, Video, Invasive Fish, Invasive Fish Cuisine, Snakehead Eating, Eat Invasive Species, Snakehead, Fish, Invasive Species, Sustainable Fishing, Animals, Snakehead Recipes, Food News

Snakehead scared everyone when they first showed up in American waters. Part of the fear was environmental: as the fish, originally from Southeast Asi...

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Why You Should Eat Fish

Jennifer McGuire | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Sustainable Fishing, Sustainability, Mercury in Seafood, Seafood, Fish, Food News

We all can agree on the importance of clean air and water. However, it is inaccurate and irresponsible to conflate recreational fishing issues with the consumption of safe and healthful commercial seafood.

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For World Oceans Day, Revisit Europe's Fishing Policy

James Thornton | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: World Oceans Day, Overfishing, Green Living, Common Fisheries Policy Reform, Sustainable Fishing, Fishing, Overfishing Europe, Fish Fight, Project Ocean, Common-Fisheries-Policy, Selfridges, Green News

This year, the Common Fisheries Policy is up for review. Europe's politicians now have the task of crafting policies that respect science and marine ecosystems, and make Europe's fishing industry sustainable.

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Is That Fish Sustainable? Commercial Fishing In Lake Superior

Daniel Klein | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: Daniel Klein, Whitefish, Sustainable Food, Perennial Plate, Sustainable Fishing, Fry, Organic, Trout, Great Lakes, Local Food, Nets, Wild, Lake Superior, Fishing, Recipe, Herring, Food News

There are a small number of commercial fisherman left on Lake Superior. I had the pleasure of going out one morning last spring with Harley Tofte, w...

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Fishing for Sustainable Practices to Conserve Fisheries

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Hunger, Poverty, Fisheries Co-Management, Worldwatch Institute, Fish, Fisheries, Sustainable Fishing, Fishing, Green Fishing, Green News

Around the world, fisheries co-managed by local authorities and fishers themselves are emerging as a promising solution to replenishing depleting fish stocks.

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Water, Poverty and New Local Business Alternatives

Alliance for Global Conservation | Posted 06.29.2011

Read More: Clean Water, Conservation, Alliance for Global Conservation, Africa, Lake Conservation, Freshwater Conservation, Sustainable Fishing, Nature Conservation, Green News

According to a recent UN report, the poorest of the poor, people living on less than $2 per day, get more than half of their income from the benefits that nature provides. We can't reach our conservation goals without addressing poverty.

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Are Regulations for Sustainable Fish Farming Just a Red Herring?

Regina Weiss | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Factory Farms, Oceans, Noaa, Fish Farming, Fish, Fish Farms, Sustainable Fishing, Fishing, Sustainable Fish Farming, Green News

Ocean fish farms, enormous submerged cages filled with highly concentrated groups of live fish, are essentially the factory farms of the sea.

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Larger Predator Fish Rapidly Vanishing

Washington Post | Marc Kaufman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fishing Industry, Fish Farming, American Association for the Advancement of Science, UN Environment Programme, International Food Policy Research Institute, Sustainable Fishing, Overfishing, Villy Christensen, Food News

Over the past 100 years, some two-thirds of the large predator fish in the ocean have been caught and consumed by humans, and in the decades ahead the...

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Can We Keep Eating Tuna?

Bart van Olphen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sustainable Tuns, Big-Eye Tuna, Albacore Tuna, Recipes, Seafood Recipe, Yellowfin Tuna, Fish, Sustainable Fishing, Sustainable Seafood, Seafood, Tuna Recipe, Slidepollajax, Food News

The worldwide fishing capacity is five times more than the legal amount of fish available. We need to accept that a wild-caught fish has become a rare food product.

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Europe Announces Breakthrough In Breeding Bluefin Tuna

nytimes.com | JAMES KANTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sustainable Fishing, Bluefin Tuna Breeding, Sustainable Seafood, Bluefin Tuna, Green News

Scientists in Europe have bred Atlantic bluefin tuna in captivity, and without using hormones, potentially boosting stocks of a fish that has become e...

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Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City

Aram Roston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Slidepollajax, New York City-New York, Sustainable Fishing, Fishing Industry, Overfishing, New York City, New York News

It is hard to ignore the crisis that has hit the fisheries worldwide, with the warnings of doom coming fast. One grim estimate has it that seafood will disappear from the ocean by 2048.

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Our Environment, Our Health and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (AUDIO)

Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Hormone Disruptors, Endocrine Disruptors, Captain Charles Moore, Bp, Sustainable Food, Health Concerns About Plastic, Plastic Water Bottles, Sustainable Fishing, Toxins and Fish, Bpa, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Plastic Bag Ban, Plastic Bags, Plastic Age, Green Living, Video, Healthy Living News

Yes, the BP situation is horrific. But is it much different than each of us killing the ocean, the animals, and our own bodies a little bit every day?

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A Buzzkill Guide to Sustainable Seafood (PHOTOS)

Jerusha Klemperer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peter Hoffman, Wild Salmon, Farmers Market, Shrimp, Slidepollajax, Sushi, Sustainable Fishing, Monterey Bay Seafood Watch, Sustainable Seafood, Mark Bittman, Food, Bluefin Tuna, Shrimp Farming, Food News

With fears about mercury levels in fish, concern about seafood from China, and news of the impending extinction of the Bluefin tuna, many of us have seafood anxiety on the brain.

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The State of the Oceans: In Crisis (VIDEO)

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Monterey Bay Aquarium, Pew Commission, Sustainable Fishing, Fish Populations, Climate Change, Monterey Bay Seafood Watch, Oceans, Sustainable Seafood, Overfishing, Our Oceans, Green News

A report by the Pew Oceans Commission contains a slew of data on the dilapidated condition of US waterways. Among the threats are disappearing marshes, invasive species of fish, and all manner of pollutants.

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French Chefs Stop Serving Bluefin: A Case of Conscience -- With Perhaps a Dash of Guilt?

Amelia Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: France, Bluefin Tuna France, EU Bluefin Ban, Bluefin Tuna Ban, Red Tuna, Fish, Food, Sustainable Fishing, Japan Bluefin Tuna, Sushi, Endangered Species, Fishing, Overfishing, Bluefin Tuna, Green News

Of course great chefs will have no problem concocting tempting alternatives to unsustainable fish, but what about sushi?

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Solving Seafood -- Sustainably

Julie Packard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Target, Aquaculture, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Pollan, Marine Life, Seafood Choices Alliance, Fish, Sustainable Fishing, Seafood Summit, Seafood Watch, Fishing, Oceans, Sustainable Seafood, Blue Revolution, The Green Revolution, Ocean, Seafood, Green News

I just returned from the Seafood Choices Alliance Seafood Summit in Paris, a gathering of over 600 business and NGO leaders concerned about the future of seafood.

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Ted Danson Hopes Jellyfish Burgers Aren't On 'The End Of The Line'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ted Danson, Nobu, Fish, January Jones, Sustainable Fishing, The-End-of-the-Line, Kate Walsh, Fishing, Jeremy Piven, Amber Valetta, Film, Nobu Bluefin Tuna, Video, Entertainment News

Ted Danson narrates a new documentary that reveals an inconvenient truth about our love affair with seafood: if unsustainable fishing practices contin...

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Ensuring a Sustainable Future for U.S. Ocean Fish Farming

Roz Naylor & George Leonard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salmon, Copenhagen Climate Council, Sustainable Fishing, Copenhagen 2009, Barack Obama, Locavore, Green News

Americans' appetite for fish continues to grow and is increasingly met by a year-round supply of fresh fish. Yet few Americans know where their fish comes from or how it was produced.

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Attention Tuna Lovers: See Red When Thinking Blue

Wendy Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Endangered Species, Cites, Overfished Species, Overfishing, Bluefin Tuna, Health, Sustainable Fishing, Fisheries, Green News

The U.S. government must make greater efforts to ban the bluefin tuna trade entirely. Such an effort would finally give the tuna a chance to recover.

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"The Cove" Released On DVD (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Water Pollution, Fish, Sustainable Fishing, Dvds, Wyoming, Pollution, Film, Green News

One of the most controversial films of 2009 is now available on DVD. "The Cove" won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival 2009, then went o...

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One Reason Frozen Fish Is Better Than Fresh

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sustainable Fishing, Food, Fresh Fish, Sustainable Seafood, Frozen Fish, Food Politics, Green News

Guest Post by Dan Shapley of The Daily Green When it comes to buying fish, the choices have rarely been easy for a shopper trying to make a sustainab...

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