Tag: Fish
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Caught Red-Snapper-Handed: New Identification Technique Could Stop Fish Poachers
Scientists prove a new means for safeguarding world fish stocks and ensuring customers buying sustainable fish get what they want.
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When Do Invasive Species Become a Precious Resource?
Some commercial fishermen rely almost entirely on invasive species. Is that a bad thing?
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CDC Warns Against 'Fish Pedicures'
Agency cites the risk of dangerous skin and soft-tissue infections for people with open sores, skin cuts, and underlying medical conditions.
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Mitt Romney Blames Regulation for Fishermen's Woes, Ignores Overfishing Entirely
Romney doesn't get that it's not regulation that's hurt the fishing industry in the US, but overfishing itself.
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Rooftop Fish Farm Ups the Ante for Urban Agriculture
The prototype Globe/Hedron is a bamboo greenhouse designed to organically grow fish and vegetables on top of generic flat roofs. It uses aquaponic farming techniques so the fish's water nourishes the plants and plants clean the water for the fish.
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Thousands of Scientists in 67 Nations Call for No-Fishing Zone in Newly Exposed Arctic
The Arctic melting, and fishing operations are eyeballing the new territory. Scientists say, hands off
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The Week in Animal News: Chimps Teach Bike Safety, Fat Dogs Get a Stairlift and More
A 1952 film teaches bike safety with a wayward chimp, the growing ranks of obese pets get a free ride up the stairs and more.
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TreeHugger Radio #201: A Greener iCloud, Obama on Gas, Talking Plants, and Doomsday Dating
This week, Jacob and Brian talk about a greener Apple Inc., crazy-ass weather, Obama's oil and gas issues, and a dating site for the doomsday crowd.
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From Meat Packing Plant to 93,500 s.f. Off-Grid Vertical Farm and Brewery
A piece of Chicago's industrial heritage is going to be converted into a futuristic farm and food production facility, running on 100% renewable energy.
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Whole Foods Market to Stop Sales of Unsustainable Seafood
An initiative to stop selling red-rated seafood by 2013 had been launched a year early and will go into effect on Earth Day 2012.
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Fish Have Sex on the Beach? Grunion's Quirky Mating Method Attracts a Crowd
March madness for the silvery small fish known as the grunion means the frenzy of mating season along Socal beaches
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The Week in Animal News: Life on the Midway Atoll, Glowing Fish and More
Jaymi took some amazing shots on her trip to Midway, including lots of the wildlife there. Genetically modified fish make glowing sushi, rare orangutans could be gone in weeks and more.
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Bizarre Sushi Recipe With Genetically Modified Glowing Fish (Video)
Weird or delicious? A glow-in-the-dark sushi recipe that uses transgenic, trademarked "GloFish" straight from the aquarium.
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Hipsters Rejoice: The Mullet is Green (So Long As You Eat It)
This somewhat undervalued fish could be important in our search for sustainable seafood.
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Alibaba.com Stops Selling Manta Ray Products
The Chinese website, one of the world's largest platforms for business-to-business trading, has announced that it will stop carrying products made from UN Protected species, including manta rays.
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Researchers Wrangle Sharks in the Bahamas to Improve Marine Preserves
The Bahamas - and Caribbean in general - are important marine ecosystems under threat. Before conservationists can protect them, however, they must understand the species living there, and sometimes that means swimming with sharks.
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The Week in Animal News: Gorillas Run Away for Love, Amazon.com Sells Whale Meat and More
This week, two male gorillas escaped their zoo enclosure and used their freedom to look for potential mates. Whale meat can be bought on Amazon.com, an entire Indian village moves to make room for tigers, and more.
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Overfishing Costs EU '£2.7 billion each year' and 100,000 Jobs
In addition to hurting some already fragile marine ecosystems, overfishing also has huge economic impacts, according to a European report.
