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 Stories About: advice AND aquaculture AND Ask Umbra AND fishing AND green living
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The Age of Aquariums
Advice on buying aquarium fish |
Umbra Fisk |
24 Jun 2004 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I'm an elementary school teacher and I'd like to get a pet fish for my classroom, but I've heard tales of such fish being caught by eco-egregious means: dynamite blasting, cyanide dumping, etc. How can I make sure I'm getting happy, healthy, sustainably caught fish for my aquarium? Ginger Dearest Ginger, Is nothing sacred? Apparently not cute aquarium fish, which are wooing consumers to inadvertently destro ... |
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| Topics: advice, aquaculture, Ask Umbra, fishing, green living (all these topics) |
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Go Fish
On eco-friendly fish consumption |
Umbra Fisk |
17 Nov 2003 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I recently turned 40 and have decided I need to pay more attention to what I eat on a daily basis. My diet has never been horrible, and I've always believed in all things in moderation, but a persistently elevated cholesterol level and my mortality now a smudge on the horizon have helped nudge me in this direction. And everywhere I turn it's fish, fish, and more fish: doctors recommending more omega-3 oils (in the for ... |
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| Topics: advice, aquaculture, Ask Umbra, fishing, food and agriculture, green living, toxics (all these topics) |
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