On AlterNet: fishing

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4 Reasons to Give Thanks to Our Oceans (Without Them We're Screwed)

Casson Trenor, AlterNet. November 23, 2011.

Oceans are essential to our lives, but the evidence strongly suggests we take them for granted way too much.

4 Dirty Secrets Hiding In Your Tuna Can

Casson Trenor, AlterNet. August 15, 2011.

Tuna may be one of the most popular seafood products in the U.S. but there are four important things you should know before popping open that can.

We Need to Change Course: Ocean Life Is at Risk of Unprecedented Extinction

Jason Hall-Spencer, Comment Is Free. June 23, 2011.

Destructive fishing practices, pollution, biodiversity loss, spreading low-oxygen "dead zones" and ocean acidification are having synergistic effects across the board.

The Sardine's Big Comeback: Why This Lowly Little Fish Should Be at the Top of Your Shopping List

Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. May 12, 2011.

Wild seafood is wrought with environmental, ethical, economic, and health implications. But the sardine poses a solution to each of these problems.

It's Official: Sea Lice From Salmon Farms Infecting Wild Stock

Environment News ServiceFebruary 9, 2011.

A new study is the first to show a potential role of salmon farms in sea lice transmission to juvenile sockeye salmon during their critical early migration to the sea.

Boat-to-Table Fishing CSAs Are Catching On

Ellen Tyler, Daniel Fireside, YES! Magazine. December 30, 2010.

Do you know who your fishermen are? Now you can find out.

Misusing California Water Numbers for Political Purposes: Jobs, Fish and Lies

Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. October 1, 2010.

Central Valley Tea Partiers and right wing media are using a pack of lies to launch a full-scale assault on the environment of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Gulf Fishermen Protest Re-opening of Fishing Grounds

Sue Sturgis, YES! Magazine. August 23, 2010.

Those who know the Gulf best say seafood still isn't safe following BP's oil disaster.

Will Global Warming Spell the End for New England's Fishermen?

Doug Struck, Daily Climate. July 14, 2010.

Simply curbing fish stocks may not work as larger environmental changes, such as global warming, alter the seas and their inhabitants.

Should We Stop Eating Fish?

Heather Brubaker, EcoSalon. July 9, 2010.

Our society will be defined not by what we create, but what we destroy. Can we really sacrifice our ocean's bounty?

Oil Disaster 5X Worse Than Estimated, 'Churning Slick' Now the Size of Puerto Rico

AlterNetMay 3, 2010.

The catastrophe continues, as Federal authorities have banned commercial and recreational fishing in a large stretch of water off four states.

The Results Are In: How Sustainable Is the Seafood Sold at Major U.S. Supermarkets?

Casson Trenor, AlterNet. April 28, 2010.

Greenpeace just released their Carting Away the Oceans report and Target has topped the list of the most sustainable retailer. See who's trailing them and who's missed the boat.

How Alaska Should Help Fishermen and Women Survive the Latest Spill: A Letter to the Governor

Riki Ott, Chelsea Green Publishing. January 13, 2010.

There is an opportunity for this state to demonstrate that it will act fairly and responsibly to protect its residents from oil spill impacts when the law fails to do so.