Claire Nouvian, author of The Deep, provides a blunt and passionate discussion of why deep-sea fishing is very, very bad over at CNN. In blatant…
View More Deep sea fishing is ‘oceanocide’Category: Fishing
How One Sushi Chef Transitioned to Sustainability
Water Blogged, the blog of the Living Oceans Society, has a very nice post up about why it is important to educate yourself about sushi.…
View More How One Sushi Chef Transitioned to SustainabilitySpawning in the Oil
Hat tip to commenter Kelly. Consider the Bluefin Tuna. Highly prized meat, commercially valuable, the science points to serious over-harvesting, yet was not deemed by…
View More Spawning in the OilOil Spill Update: June 3, 2010 Pt II
“No matter what took place & why it happened, the oil spill in the Gulf belongs to all of us”-Sheril Kirshenbaum BP manges to completely…
View More Oil Spill Update: June 3, 2010 Pt IIOil Spill Update: May 31st 2010
The newest update is that British Petroleum’s ‘top kill’ (animation, description from engineers) and ‘junk shot’ will join ‘top hat’ in the list of failed…
View More Oil Spill Update: May 31st 2010Oil Spill Update: May 24, 2010
Another few days and another few million gallons. Oil seeps 12 miles into Louisiana marshes and pelicans are coated in crude. The U.S. officially declares…
View More Oil Spill Update: May 24, 2010Tiny Tuna for Japan
What. The. Fuck?!?1?11?11!!? (pardon my language) A proposal by Monaco to extend the highest level of U.N. protection to the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin,…
View More Tiny Tuna for JapanHelluva Halibut
Perusing the internet for maps, I came across the Cousteau Society’s World Ocean Census. They have several extracts available to read online. I clicked on…
View More Helluva HalibutRIP Captain Phil
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Captain Phil of the F/V Cornelia Marie. He suffered a massive stroke a week…
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