Deep Sea News

How to eat sardines sustainably

By Miriam Goldstein, on

May 2nd, 2012

19 comments

Fishing

fisheries, Sardines, seafood, Steinbeck, sustainable fishery

Sardines school off Baja California. Photo by Jon Bertsch. http://www.thalassagraphics.com/blog/?p=167 I only eat anchovies with Caesar salad, and am rather fond of the tiny fish that add a bit of strong flavor to the romaine lettuce. I’m unusual for wanting to get even that close to the tiny, oily fish – sardines, anchovy, menhaden – . . . → Read More: How to eat sardines sustainably

Preemptive Conservation Communication Through the Lens of Negative Comments

By Kevin Zelnio, on

August 18th, 2011

9 comments

Conservation & Environment, Fishing

California, Commenting, conservation, marine conservation, Sardines, Science Communication

California Anchovy Engraulis mordax. Photo CC by Flickr user briangratwicke. Its a bit of a circular title, but I think it is honest. Marine scientists are constantly shouting at walls of reporters and news consumers that everything is fucked (pardon my french, but its not untrue). And well, it sort of is. But how do . . . → Read More: Preemptive Conservation Communication Through the Lens of Negative Comments

Dead sardines in California had eaten toxic algae

By Miriam Goldstein, on

March 14th, 2011

One comment

Conservation & Environment, Fish, Weird

California, dieoffs, domoic acid, HABs, harmful algal blooms, oxygen, Pseudo-nitzschia, Sardines

Photo credit: Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times About 5 days ago, a huge school of sardines found their way into King Harbor in Redondo Beach, CA (near Los Angeles), used up all the oxygen, and died of suffocation. While the harbor tries to vacuum and scoop up the vast number of dead rotting fish . . . → Read More: Dead sardines in California had eaten toxic algae