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Headline	Author	Published	Section
A Good Mangrove Is Hard to Find Deforestation may have increased impact of devastating cyclone		06 May 2008	News
Posted at 12:28 PM on 06 May 2008 The devastating impact of Cyclone Nargis, which has killed at least 22,000 people in Myanmar, could have been mitigated if mangrove forests had remained intact, says the secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Mangrove forests are densely vegetated and act as natural storm barriers, but many of the forests in Myanmar have been converted into sh ...
Topics: aquaculture, deforestation, Myanmar, news, severe weather (all these topics)

A Problem of Scale Chilean salmon-farming industry in a sad state		27 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 4:18 PM on 27 Mar 2008 A virus called infectious salmon anemia is sweeping through Chile's fisheries, bringing attention to the condition of the country's third-largest export industry. On expansive salmon farms, fish are bred in crowded underwater pens. Fish poop and food pellets contaminate the water. As many as 1 million nonnative salmon escape each year, gobbling native species and traveling as far as Argentina. The ...
Topics: agriculture, aquaculture, Chile, fishing, food, news, water pollution (all these topics)

Fish Stories How the Monterey Bay Aquarium makes its safe-seafood list -- plus a seafood recipe you can feel good about	Roz Cummins	27 Mar 2008	'Tis the Season

Topics: aquaculture, fishing, food, green living, oceans, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Pearly Writes On pearl production	Umbra Fisk	03 Mar 2008	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I'm nearly drowning in jewelry ideas for my valentine, but wary of mined gemstones. Do you know anything about the ecological impact of cultured pearls, or the faux "shell pearls"? Swimming to the Surface Slowly Portland, Ore. Dearest SSS, I apologize for missing your Valentine's window, but you may have seen my wee notie regarding my inability to find pearls of wisdom on this topic. You would think I would just ...
Topics: advice, aquaculture, Ask Umbra, green living, shopping (all these topics)

Carbon on the half shell A lighthearted look at biosequestration	Erik Hoffner	21 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: aquaculture, carbon sequestration, climate, fishing, oceans (all these topics)

Factory-farmed fish: another fool's bargain? New studies show salmon farms destroy wild stocks	Tom Philpott	12 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: aquaculture, fishing, oceans (all these topics)

Ecosystems are nonlinear	JMG	19 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: aquaculture, food, habitat loss (all these topics)

This week in ocean news Killer farmed salmon and non-deadly sharks	Andrew Sharpless	16 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate science, climate, aquaculture, wildlife, fishing, oceans, toxics (all these topics)

Coral Feckless Wild salmon and coral both in trouble, say studies		13 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 4:37 PM on 13 Dec 2007 Infestations of sea lice (ew) in salmon farms off the west coast of Canada are threatening local wild salmon populations -- to the extent that the wild fish could be extinct within four years, says a new study published in Science. While the researchers focused on fish populations off the coast of British Columbia, they believe their findings could be applicable anywhere there's a high density of ...
Topics: agriculture, aquaculture, fishing, news, oceans, scientific research (all these topics)

Bigger Fish to Fry? U.S. government wants to boost fish-farming industry		10 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 11:40 AM on 10 Dec 2007 Eighty percent of American fish dishes are imported, and the federal government is eager to get the U.S. seafood market on equal footing (finning?) by kicking off industrial-scale fish farming in the Gulf of Mexico. Under regulations to be considered next month, fish born in laboratories would be transported to gigantic underwater cages capable of holding up to 100,000 pounds of sea critter ...
Topics: agriculture, aquaculture, fishing, news (all these topics)

A jelly new world An influx of jellies in strange places is not so hard to explain	Andrew Sharpless	28 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: aquaculture, wildlife, oceans, United Kingdom (all these topics)

This week in ocean news ... A bottom trawler scores underwater pot, and it's open season for Japanese whalers	Andrew Sharpless	15 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: aquaculture, wildlife, fishing, oceans, whaling (all these topics)

Nuggets and Hummers and fish sticks, oh my! PETA VP argues vegetarianism is the best way to help the planet	Grist	18 Sep 2007	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, animal welfare, aquaculture, climate, deforestation, fishing, food, health, sustainable ag, vegetarianism and veganism, waste, water pollution (all these topics)

Pimp My Shrimp Wal-Mart environmental practices changing shrimp farming in Thailand		25 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Pimp My Shrimp Wal-Mart environmental practices changing shrimp farming in Thailand Latest practice impacted by omnipresent Wal-Mart: Thai shrimp farming. Crustacean aquaculture, long demonized for destroying mangrove trees and polluting waterways, is the focus of new standards penned by the Global Aquaculture Alliance and backed by Wal-Mart, Red Lobster, and other big seafood purveyors. To make the ...
Topics: aquaculture, business, food, news, Thailand, Wal-Mart (all these topics)

Do You Really Want to Grill a Fish? All you need for summer seafood splendor	Roz Cummins	12 Jul 2007	'Tis the Season
As you might imagine, people often ask me what species of fish are the best to eat in terms of environmental and health concerns. I usually respond by saying, "OK, how much free time do you have? Are you sitting down? Do you have access to the internet? Do you have a cold compress for your forehead? Are next-of-kin present and available to care for you if you keel over from information ov ...
Topics: aquaculture, fishing, food, green living, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Understatement of the week	Kit Stolz	17 Jun 2007	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, aquaculture, fishing, food (all these topics)

It ain't natural But it could be organic	Kate Sheppard	29 Nov 2006	Gristmill

Topics: aquaculture, food, organic food (all these topics)

Something Fishy: Fish and RIPs Tips on seafood consumption from a seafaring wench	Sarah van Schagen	09 Mar 2006	Gristmill

Topics: aquaculture, fishing, food, health, mercury, oceans (all these topics)

Down on the farm Why the global food system isn't kind to local farmers	Tom Philpott	25 Jan 2006	Gristmill

Topics: aquaculture, Chile, fishing, food, Wal-Mart (all these topics)

Stock Options Bipartisan plan aims to revamp U.S. fisheries law	Amanda Griscom Little	13 Dec 2005	Muckraker
Congress is plotting its first revamp of fisheries law in nearly a decade -- and it's about time. Every boat counts. Photo: iStockphoto. Scores of fish stocks are dwindling in U.S. waters (as they are around the world), and only one of the eight federal fishing zones in the United States is widely considered to be managed sustainably. This year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administratio ...
Topics: aquaculture, Congress, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

See food, make smart choices	Sarah van Schagen	29 Mar 2005	Gristmill

Topics: aquaculture, fishing, food, oceans (all these topics)

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 ...
Topics: advice, aquaculture, Ask Umbra, fishing, green living (all these topics)

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 ...
Topics: advice, aquaculture, Ask Umbra, fishing, food and agriculture, green living, toxics (all these topics)

Prawn But Not Forgotten On the Mexican coast, little shrimp are causing big trouble	Michelle Nijhuis	18 Jul 2002	Main Dish
Just above the high-tide mark on the coast of northern Mexico, elegant fingers of pitaya cacti rise far above the surrounding mesquite trees. Roseate spoonbills and frigatebirds sail silently overhead, a dolphin skirts the tangle of mangroves near the shore, and a fishing boat sputters out to the Sea of Cortez. On this muggy, almost unbearably hot slice of Sonoran coastline, sunset ...
Topics: aquaculture, fishing, Mexico, oceans (all these topics)

No Farm, No Foul On farmed fish	Umbra Fisk	23 Apr 2002	Ask Umbra
I have a friend who is a homeopathic. She told me that I should stop eating pen-raised salmon because they are fed a lot of antibiotics. I was very disappointed because I thought I was eating a safe product. I don't know how to get more info about this, but if you guys know anything about it, I'm sure a lot of us would appreciate it. Claudia Dearest Claudia, I've got some good news and some bad news. The good news is that your question is ...
Topics: advice, aquaculture, Ask Umbra, fishing, food, food and agriculture, water pollution (all these topics)

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