Sad Niblets About Fish

Fast Growing GM Salmon Swims Close to US Markets

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:50:00 PST

It has been reported that Aqua Bounty Farms is getting close to opening the US market to its genetically modified, faster growing, breed of salmon. This may be the first...

Chefs back a farm-raised salmon

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:44:36 PST

With all the knocks against farm-raised salmon, it might come as a surprise that there's at least one variety that has won over some top US chefs and a Scottish...

FDA blocking import of 5 species of fish from China

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:49:35 PDT

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced it is blocking the import from China of five species of seafood until their importers can prove they are not...

A fight about fish farms

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:51:38 PDT

What to do? The seafood industry wants to grow more fish on farms, which already cultivate shrimp, salmon, oysters, clams, catfish and other species - providing nearly...

Seafood Watch Program - Online Seafood Watch Guides for Sustainable Seafood...

Sat, 16 Dec 2006 13:04:12 PST

Customer Petition Asking For Sustainable Farmed Salmon

Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:29:09 PST

Salmon is perhaps the most popular type of fish raised in sea farms, but did you know that current farming practices pose several problems for the environment and public...

Pure Salmon Campaign - Raising the Standards for Farm-Raised Fish

Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:24:08 PST

Our oceans are in trouble. Uncontrolled fishing has brought many species to the brink of extinction, while pollution from farms, cities, and factories is making other...

Conscientious Seafood Buyers May Be Greatest Hope to Reverse Widespread...

Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:41:02 PST

All wild seafood will disappear in 50 years, says ecologists' study

Sun, 05 Nov 2006 14:11:05 PST

All wild seafood will have disappeared from the world's menus within 50 years if current trends in overfishing continue according to one of the most comprehensive studies...

Salmon Farms Spread Deadly Lice to Wild Salmon | Worldwatch Institute

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 23:16:57 PDT

Salmon farms can pass fatal infections of sea lice to young salmon in the wild, according to a study published October 4 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...

WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT MERCURY

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:16:26 PDT

Until I decided to write the present piece, I thought I knew as much as I needed about the risk I faced from eating mercury-laden fish. I knew, for instance, that mercury...

The Hidden Costs of Farmed Salmon

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 01:04:08 PDT

Fish: Farmed and Wild

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:18:56 PDT

The Smart Fish Calculator

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:04:40 PDT

To find the "safe" level of consumption, based on EPA health guidelines: Enter your body weight in pounds:

Stores Say Wild Salmon, but Tests Say Farm Bred

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:41:32 PDT

salmon sold as wild by eight New York City stores, going for as much as $29 a pound, showed that the fish at six of the eight were farm raised. Farmed salmon, available...

"Farmed and dangerous"

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:28:33 PDT

salmon farmers keep costs down by feeding their stock cheaper fish meal, producing salmon with grayish flesh, some grocery stores have been known to sell dyed fish to...

Salmon farming is bad for the environment

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:23:42 PDT

There are presently over 85 open net cage fish farms currently operating in the coastal waters of British Columbia producing waste that is equivalent in volume to the raw...

The Farmed and Dangerous Campaign and its supporters ask that Safeway step up to...

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:16:14 PDT

The Farmed and Dangerous markets project has been designed to educate consumers about the risks associated with open net cage salmon farming, and then help you...

PCBs in farmed salmon

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:09:29 PDT

Seven of ten farmed salmon purchased at grocery stores in Washington DC, San Francisco, and Portland, Oregon were contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at...

The Future of Life – An MP3 feature interview with E.O. Wilson

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 13:28:59 PDT

What do the following things have in common: the Eastern fringed Prairie orchid, the Shasta salamander, the San Francisco garter snake, the Valley oak, the giant kangaroo...

Study: Only 10 percent of big ocean fish remain

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 13:13:49 PDT

(CNN) -- A new global study concludes that 90 percent of all large fishes have disappeared from the world's oceans in the past half century, the devastating result of...

Consumers Make a Difference!

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 13:09:57 PDT

Just a few simple actions on your part can help change the seafood buying practices of friends and businesses in your community.

Acid seas kill off coral reefs

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 13:01:21 PDT

THE world’s coral reefs could disappear within a few decades along with hundreds of species of plankton and shellfish, according to new studies into man’s impact on the...

Ocean 'dead zones' trigger sex changes in fish, posing extinction threat

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 12:52:53 PDT

Oxygen depletion in the world's oceans, primarily caused by agricultural run-off and pollution, could spark the development of far more male fish than female, thereby...

Toxic Fish and Poor Communities

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 12:40:28 PDT

MJ: What species of fish are contaminated there? SF: Surf perch and striped bass are the main two that we’re warning folks about. In the Delta area, it’s the channel...

FishingHurts.com >> Environmental Concerns

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 12:33:29 PDT

Commercial fishing is wiping out biodiversity, as miles of nets sweep up all the fish in their path—and take coral habitats with them. Commercial fishers have devastated...