Tag: Fish - Page 8
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Barton Seaver's Pink Salmon Cakes With Dill and Mustard
This has become a weeknight favorite at our house. The cakes are inexpensive and easy to put together. Add a side dish, and you have dinner
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Pulling Sustainability Out of a Can
Our modern lives are busy. We pack as much as possible into the day and condense our meals to fit our crammed
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Another Community Supported Fishery Makes Waves
Some time back I wrote about Walking Fish, a student-pioneered Community Supported Fishery (CSF) program, and Jeff covered how one fisherman was staying afloat by launching his own CSF initiative. Like Community
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Small Fish May Be More At Risk Than Big Ones
One of the best things about winter in Istanbul is cheap, heaping plates of freshly caught hamsi (sardines), lightly battered and fried. Served with just a
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Tilapia Farming Abroad is an Environmental Nightmare
Some time ago John wrote about the environmental benefits and risks of a rise in tilapia farming. While their adaptability and relatively low position on the food chain suggested an
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EU To Pay Fishermen to Catch Plastic Trash
With heaps of plastic choking the world's oceans and fishermen chaffing at new regulations meant to protect dwindling European fish stocks, a top EU official has proposed a clever idea
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Sword-Swinging Ninjas On Skis Go After Asian Carp (Video)
Asian carp, meet your worst nightmare. Not poison. Not an electric barrier, or a predator from your native land. No, this is good ol' American ingenuity. With a touch of Ted Nugent, or maybe Chuck Norris. People dressed in spiked body armor with
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Star Chef Barton Seaver's Sustainable Marinated Clams With Minted Lemon Marinade and Pine Nuts
I am in love with clams. It started in fourth grade when my father took me on a trip to the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia. We went clamming
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Elusive Sawfish on the Razor Edge of Extinction
Though easily identified by it's toothy nose, or rostrum, the sawfish is an elusive and poorly understood denizen of the world's tropical rivers. It's also critically endangered and under continued threat by poaching and
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Overfishing Means 40 Species of Mediterranean Fish May Be Extinct in Next Few Years
A new report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature details how rampant overfishing in the Mediterranean means that more than 40 fish species are in danger of becoming regionally extinct in the next few years.
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Less Sharks Mean an Ocean Jam-Packed With Sardines
Sardines have made a serious comeback in terms of sustainable food trends. Sardines are on the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch green list. There's also an over population of sardines as a result of a lack of predators, namely
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Huge Wind-Powered Aquaponic Dome Greenhouse Planned for Vermont Park
Image credit: The Root Center Will Allen's incredible Growing Power project has already gotten many people hooked on the idea of urban aquaponics. And there are plenty of DIY aquaponics enthusiasts tinkering with fish farming and produce growing in
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Llamas Help 25K Endangered Fish Move to New Home
Thousands of endangered fish in the UK have found an unlikely new ally in the struggle for survival. Vendace, a species of freshwater whitefish native to Wales and England, has been particularly hard hit by the rising temperatures
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Yuck: Google Earth, NOAA, Show off Marine Debris (Videos)
The Marine Debris Conference in Hawaii may be over. The problem of plastic pollution continues. And so this video from Google Earth and NOAA is still current, and can help landlubbers visualize the issue of sea junk. There's a much nastier video below,
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Best of Green Readers' Choice: Travel and Nature (Slideshow)
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: What do you think is the best-looking endangered species? What is the best voice on nature to follow on Twitter, the best carbon-offset provider? Which ski area has the best environmental
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Artist Finds Beauty In Surprising Subject: Plastic Bags (Slideshow)
They are despised by many, and cities around the world have begun to ban them: plastic bags. Artist Julie Brookman has managed to find beauty in this unlikely subject: With the careful study of their forms, through
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Artist Finds Beauty In Surprising Subject: Plastic Bags
They are despised by many, and cities around the world have begun to ban them: plastic bags. Artist Julie Brookman has managed to find beauty in this unlikely subject: With the careful study of their forms, through Brookman's lens, it is possible to find
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20 Families Uprooted from Suburbia for Inner-City Urban Farming (Video)
We've seen inspiring footage of urban farming in Detroit helping families survive, not to mention Growing Power's awesome urban aquaponics and vermiculture project. I've just come across another crew of crazy
