January 2010

  • Support Sustainable Farm Fishing

    By sarajean on 1/30/10 1:33am
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    What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of seafood? (Besides some idiot mumbling, “See food!” as he proceeds to unveil what amazing thing he’s masticating in his jowls for all to see.) Does Deadliest Catch come to mind, maybe? Or the Modest Mouse King Rat video? Whatever it is, it probably involves some men in plastic-looking coats out on the open sea, dragging in nets of catch to be used at your nearest Long John Silver’s.

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  • Michigan Seeks Injunction Over Asian Carp Threat

    By ecoscott on 1/21/10 11:09am
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    Asian CarpAsian CarpHave you heard about the Asian carp tragedy going on up in the Midwest right now? Lake Michigan, a large Great Lake that juts south from Canada and gave birth to the port towns of Milwaukee and Chicago, is in very real danger of letting in an invasive species of fish that could potentially take over the lake, effectively destroying the fishing industry of the upper Midwest. Michigan currently has a $7 billion fishing industry. So if your $7 billion dollar industry was in danger of dying because of another fish, what would you do?

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  • Pacific Garbage Patch on The Colbert Report

    By erika on 1/15/10 11:41am
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    I'm catching up on my Hulu queue this week, after a big lag over the holidays, so it wasn't until this morning that I saw Charles Moore as Stephen Colbert's interview guest.  Captain Moore is the one who first discovered and identified the Pacific Garbage Patch in the North Pacific Gyre while sailing back to Los Angeles from Hawaii.


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  • Jellyfish Doom!

    By erika on 1/14/10 2:55pm
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    I enjoy watching MonsterQuest, but it tends to irritate me.  My feelings towards the show were handily summed up by a quote from the latest episode I watched.  "If ____ happens, the results would be frightening."  Well, sure!  And if crocodiles learned to drive cars, the results would be frightening, too.  What's your point?

    The point of their episode "Killer Jellyfish" is that if jellyfish take over the ocean, the results would be frightening.  (Except for some of the clips from night diving in Australia, the point of which was "if these sharks were hungrier, the results would be frightening."  I mean honestly, sharks have it hard enough without the narrator throwing around terms like "feeding frenzy" to describe sharks swimming around peacefully, over a suite of horror movie music, don't you think?)


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  • The Mercury Problem: Finding Safe and Healthy Seafood Options

    By Niki Fears on 1/13/10 2:02pm
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    tunatunaWe have all heard about the importance of adding healthy fish to our diets, yet there are a number of problems with the commercial fishing industry that leads to the destruction of the ocean and depletion of fish stocks. In addition to environmental problems that can be caused by commercial fishing, the coal industry and other dirty industries have polluted the rivers and oceans to the point that there is a rising level of harmful mercury found in much of the seafood that is available. So in addition to finding ocean friendly seafood, how can you also select healthy choices that will be safe for you and your family? It is important to get acquainted with the mercury issue and know which choices are safer and which will have higher rates of mercury that can be potentially dangerous.

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  • How to Choose Ocean Friendly Seafood

    By Niki Fears on 1/11/10 9:20pm
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    Fisheries around the world are in serious trouble, with many facing a complete collapse due to unsustainable and destructive fishing practices that have wrecked havoc with the ocean's ecosystem and depleted many fishing stocks to near extinction. This can pose a dilemma for those seeking the important health benefits of including fish in your regular diet. So how can you still find ways to fit in the important health benefits of seafood in a safe and ocean friendly way?

    To find safe, ocean friendly seafood you need to know three things:

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