A week ago I received an email that sparked this post. An Appeal to the Public to Not Visit Iceland Until Icelandic Whaling Stops Online environmental…
View More From The Editor’s Desk: Is Icelandic Whaling Bad?Category: Fishing
Epic FAIL, Wake-Up Call, Turning Point, or All of the Above?
Here’s a hypothetical you parents out there should appreciate: Your child comes home from school, report card in hand. On reviewing the grades you notice…
View More Epic FAIL, Wake-Up Call, Turning Point, or All of the Above?Deep-Sea fisheries increasing in China
The domestic fish catching sector has remained stable and in good order as a result of improved structure of fishing vessels. Deep-sea fishing has continued…
View More Deep-Sea fisheries increasing in ChinaDON’T PANIC: Sustainable seafood and the American outlaw
Time: 9 PM, after a long day in the lab. Place: Lucha Libre Taco Shop Internal Monologue: Bad Miriam: “If I do not have a…
View More DON’T PANIC: Sustainable seafood and the American outlawFrom the Editor’s Desk: Benefits of Bottom Trawling and Other Assorted Fairy Tales
Apparently there is a study underway that is setting out to empirically determine the ole adage that trawling is bad for the environment, as reported…
View More From the Editor’s Desk: Benefits of Bottom Trawling and Other Assorted Fairy TalesPicking Urchins From the Devil’s Teeth
A fascinating 10 minute short film. Hat tip to KaylinQ. Info from the youtube account: Dir. Roger Teich / USA / 2004 Ron Elliott is…
View More Picking Urchins From the Devil’s TeethGreenwashing: The Case of “Sustainable Fisheries”
Green washing is misleading publicity or propaganda designed to present an image of environmental responsibility. TerraChoice has a nice list of the Six Sins of Green…
View More Greenwashing: The Case of “Sustainable Fisheries”Curiouser and Curiouser
This is a special report Jarrett Byrnes, a marine ecologist at University California, Santa Barbara and blogger at I’m a Chordata, Urochordata. ————————————– Something new…
View More Curiouser and CuriouserHypocrites
Sure we’ll protect deep-sea fishes…uuhhh we changed our mind The meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization, which concluded today, left conservation organizations disappointed with…
View More HypocritesOur Impacts on the Deep
I could write about a detailed account of a new study in PLoS One. I could discuss how the researchers imported information on the spatial…
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