Tag: Fishing - Page 8

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  India Climate Tribunal Gives Voice to People Affected by Climate Change, Demands Action from Governments

  Ask Ajantha about the effects of climate change on her village in southern India and she can give you numbers—estimates of how far the shoreline has moved inland

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  EU Abandons Plans to Cut Critically Endangered Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Quotas

  Kiss them goodbye... As reported by the Associated Press pressure from France, Spain, and other Mediterranean nations has forced the EU to

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  Fish Free Fridays Add New Option to Greening Meal Plans

  We've heard of Meatless Monday. We've heard of Weekday Vegetarian. But there's a new one to add on to the calendar -- Fish Free Friday. A project of the Plastiki gang, the new non-menu item brings awareness to our bad habit of

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  Fraud, Criminal Misconduct and the $4 Billion Black Market in Bluefin Tuna

  When, perhaps in as little as two years' time, when the Atlantic bluefin tuna is fished out of existence, know that it was rampant fraud, lack of oversight, and criminal misconduct that was the cause. A new report by the International Consortium of

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  More Stories From the Gulf Oil Spill: Shrimp Fisherman One of the Forgotten Victims (Video)

  A couple weeks ago we shared a couple of the touching and sobering videos that NRDC, StoryCorps and Bridge the Gulf have been producing, reminding us that even though the Gulf oil spill may be off the front page right now, the effects on communities is

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  Spanish Culinary Traditions Threaten a Favorite Fish

  While returning to more traditional ways of eating is often heralded as a greener, healthier step in our super-sized, fast-food-ized culture, some long-held culinary traditions in fact pose a

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  Bluefin Tuna Quotas May Be Substantially Reduced by EU Next Year

  Another quick update on the plight of Atlantic bluefin tuna and what's being done to stop them from going extinct in literally a couple of years due to overfishing: Economic Times reports that the European Commission has indicated it may substantially

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  One-Fifth Of Juvenile Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Killed by BP Oil Spill

  Six months from the start of the BP oil spill and we now know the answer to the question of how

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  NOAA Move Against Pirate Fishing - New Rules Prohibit Ships Docking in US Ports

  One part of controlling overfishing is establishing good fisheries management so the fishery doesn't become depleted, but that doesn't deal with a massive part of the overfishing problem: Illegal fishing. Now the

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  Two Senators Duke It Out Over Shark Conservation; Sharks Lose.

  The practice of finning is the primary reason why sharks are disappearing from our oceans. The apex predator that play a major role in keeping marine systems in balance are caught, their fins cut from their bodies, and the still-living animals tossed

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  September Eco-Tidbits from Turkey

  Just like clockwork, as soon as the mercury dropped, the action picked up,

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  Philippine President's Favorite Fish Faces Extinction

  The lobed river mullet, Cestraeus plicatilis, is prized for its unique aroma and special taste—something that motivated former president Ferdinand Marcos to keep up to a year-long supply on hand at all times. Now, the

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  Americans Reject Frankenfish

  If you've been following AquaBounty's attempt to get Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its AquAdvantage genetically engineered salmon (the salmon has extra genes from Chinook salmon and an eel-like species

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  Artisanal Fishermen Given Exclusive Fishing Zones in Chile to Help Rebuild Fisheries

  Overfishing is (unfortunately) a perennial TreeHugger topic, but here's a new take on how to prevent it: As Physorg reports, Chile has designated exclusive fishing zones for small-scale 'artisanal' fishermen,

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  Human Impacts on Deep Sea Floor Measured for First Time

  We know that bottom trawling -- the practice of dragging a net across the sea floor to collect anything and everything in its path -- is incredibly destructive to ocean life. It tears apart fragile corals and habitat, and brings up more by-catch than

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  New Project Restores Gulf Habitat, One Mile of Oysters At a Time

  It's called the 100-1000 partnership -- 100 miles of new oyster reefs and 1,000 miles of re-planted marshlands in coastal Alabama, thanks to a coalition of non-profits, including Alabama Coastal

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  Ultimate Locavorism: Ten US States Constitutionally Protect The Right To Hunt & Fish

  As one commenter on this trend states, seeking constitutional protection of the right to fish and hunt seems to be something of a 'tempest in a tea pot.' PETA celebrities have Deerslayer's

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  A Picture is Worth...South African Campaign For Sustainable Fisheries

  Terrific ad campaign by the World Wildlife Fund in South Africa and SASSI, the South African Sustainable Seafood Foundation to encourage people to eat fish caught in an environmentally friendly manner that avoids bycatch.