Sustainable Fishing

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

Roz Naylor & George Leonard | Posted 12.17.2009 | Green


Roz Naylor & George Leonard

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.

"The Cove" Released On DVD (VIDEO)

Posted 12.10.2009 | Green


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...

Attention Tuna Lovers: See Red When Thinking Blue

Wendy Gordon | Posted 12.10.2009 | Green


Wendy Gordon

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.

One Reason Frozen Fish Is Better Than Fresh

Huffington Post | Posted 12.03.2009 | Green


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...

Farm-Raised Salmon Are Turning Our Oceans Into Polluted Feedlots

Tara Lohan | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green


Tara Lohan

Farming salmon, once a dream fish, has become a nightmare for the environment.

ALL Fish In Every Tested US Stream Have Mercury In Them, New Study Reveals

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...

Fish For Our Future

Julie Packard | Posted 09.18.2009 | Green


Julie Packard

The oceans are incredibly resilient. Given a chance to recover, they can produce a remarkable abundance of marine life -- much more than we see today.

Protecting the Earth's Blue Heart

Sylvia Earle | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green


Sylvia Earle

Obama's new ocean policy task force, launched in June, is exactly what is needed: a coherent national policy based on science and informed by local economic interests.

Abalone Farming In Monterey Bay

nytimes.com | CHRISTINE MUHLKE | Posted 08.31.2009 | Green


Unlike other farms, theirs exists in a dim, tidal underworld: barnacle- and starfish-covered pilings hold up a few narrow wooden plankways for the aba...

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

Graham Hill | Posted 08.01.2009 | Green


Graham Hill

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

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

Katy Hall | Posted 07.24.2009 | Entertainment


Katy Hall

Ted Danson narrates a new doc that reveals an inconvenient truth about our love of seafood: if unsustainable fishing practices continue, we could see the collapse of the world's fisheries by 2048.

Katy Hall

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Katy Hall | Posted 10.28.2009 | Entertainment


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

Could We Be the Generation that Runs out of Fish?

Johann Hari | Posted 07.05.2009 | Green


Johann Hari

In my parents' lifetime, we have killed 90 percent of the world's fish. In my lifetime, we will finish off the rest -- unless we change our ways, fast.

Using Markets to Make Fisheries Sustainable

Robert Stavins | Posted 05.01.2009 | Green


Robert Stavins

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.

How Sustainable is the Fish at Your Market?

Daniel Kessler | Posted 01.09.2009 | Green


Daniel Kessler

Many supermarkets are continuing to stock "red list" seafood like orange roughy, swordfish, and Chilean sea bass -- some of the world's most critically imperiled species.

The Ultimate Ocean Ranch

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 01.01.2009 | Green


Patrick Takahashi

Projections show that even with the increasing world population and a shift of nutritional patterns away from red meat towards seafood, actual fish production will decline in the future.

For The Sushi Lover With A Conscience

The New York Times | Florence Fabricant | Posted 11.15.2008 | Green


Three environmental groups have issued pocket guides to sushi, listing seafood according to sustainability. But with each of them, a little study befo...

Wanted: Sustainable Sushi

Gourmet.com | Trevor Corson | Posted 10.17.2008 | Green


Seafood chefs around the U.S. are paying a lot more attention to sustainability and the environment these days, but one group of fish-wielding chefs h...