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Trouble with chicks

Where the Sahara meets the Atlantic 0
Posted 2 weeks, 5 days 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, 1 week ago
Acid Trip

“Acid Test” documentary on ocean acidification premieres tonight 6
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks 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 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 3 months, 3 weeks 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.
Good Fish, Bad Fish

Is your favorite seafood unhealthy for the planet? 4
Posted 5 months ago
A new Sustainable Seafood Guide from the Natural Resources Defense Council can help me -- and you -- make better choices about what we eat. It provides seven basic guidelines to follow when shopping for seafood or ordering at a restaurant, as well as specific advice about America's five favorite types of seafood, from shrimp to tuna to fish sticks.
A disturbing fish tale

‘The End of the Line’ is a compelling indictment of industrial fishing 2
Posted 5 months ago
"The End of the Line" does for the fish what Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" did for the climate: scare the pants of the viewer. The documentary deftly makes the case that industrial exploitation of the world's fish stocks will result in the end of seafood by 2048, if not sooner, and that some species may already be in collapse.
Cap-and-fish

Using markets to make fisheries sustainable 1
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
According to the United Nations Environment Program, fully 25 percent of fisheries worldwide are in jeopardy of collapse due to over-fishing. Clearly, something needs to be done.
Czange we can believe in

Salmon czar could coordinate better protection, rule over peasant salmon 1
Posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Because nothing signals a democracy on the mend like a profusion of czars, salmon defenders are now calling for a federal salmon czar.
The case for—and against—eating those suddenly pervasive, stinging sea creatures 0
Posted 8 months ago
Fishy Business

UN report warns fishing industry on climate change 0
Posted 8 months, 1 week ago
The case for small-scale fishing communities 6
Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago
A Fish Called Wander

Climate change to cause dark night of the shoal 5
Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Fresh off fishery win, Oceana’s Jim Ayers talks with Grist about climate fight 0
Posted 9 months ago
The pristine U.S. Arctic has been protected from industrial fishing 4
Posted 9 months ago
A new sustainable sushi book, restaurant, and debate 3
Posted 9 months, 1 week ago
Taking a dive into the murky future of extracting food from the troubled sea 2
Posted 9 months, 1 week ago
Report shows that feds have failed to protect marine mammals, even though it’s required by law 2
Posted 9 months, 1 week ago
Jeremy Piven’s sushi addiction: good for mercury awareness 1
Posted 9 months, 3 weeks ago
An ode to the sea kitten 2
Posted 9 months, 3 weeks ago