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Tuna Blues

So long and thanks for all the fish 46
Posted 4 days, 8 hours ago There was some hope recently that the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, the organization charged with managing the Atlantic tuna fishery, would listen to its own scientists and ban commercial Atlantic bluefin tuna fishing so that the species might survive. Nope.
Trouble with chicks

Where the Sahara meets the Atlantic 0
Posted 1 month ago The Banc d'Arguin, where the Sahara meets the Atlantic in Mauritania, is a staging post for over two million exhausted migratory birds from Europe and Siberia. This vital geographic point is threatened by climate change.
A fishy business in Morocco

Sardines head south 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Mercury rising

To change your tuna, consider the sardine 7
Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago Can tuna melts kill you? Grist foodie Lou Bendrick explains how you can enjoy your favorite childhood comfort food and avoid mercury poisoning.
Acid Trip

“Acid Test” documentary on ocean acidification premieres tonight 6
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
Sigourney Weaver narrates this short film by the NRDC that explores the growing threat of ocean acidification, a problem scientists are just beginning to understand.
Fishing for compromise

Is the debate over? 3
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago
In the current issue of Science, twenty-one leading ocean scientists declared a truce. The paper was authored by many of the biggest names on all sides of the debate on ending overfishing--Boris Worm, Ray Hilborn, Andy Rosenberg and Chris Costello. So what are the terms?
Scales of justice

Privatize the seas? If only solving overfishing were so easy 16
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
At first glance, privatizing the seas seems a viable solution to the grave problem of overfishing. But there's a catch--actually, a bycatch.
Ask Umbra’s video advice on sustainable seafood 2
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Treacherous waters

A new tool for navigating around overfishing and mercury taint 3
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Want to choose a seafood main course that won't strip the oceans bare or addle your brain with mercury? Check out this new tool.
The Green Divorcee

Environmental Organizing as Solution to Family Discord 0
Posted 7 months ago
Roe is Me!

The Fishery That’s Too Big to Fail 0
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
Troubled waters

Report: Mediterranean bluefin tuna on verge of collapse 5
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
The fishing season for bluefin tuna opened this week in the Mediterranean. It's a shame, because the so-called “king of sushi" is on the verge of vanishing from the sea.
Response to Mark Bittman

Food writers and the state of the oceans 9
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Gilled Complex

Umbra on vegetarian remorse 38
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago