Grist | Topics | 228 Results

RESULTS		Results 76 – 100 of 228
Page:1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Headline	Author	Published	Section
This week in ocean news Walruses, whales and ... wave farms?	Andrew Sharpless	05 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Illegal acts pervaded the seas, waves were promoted as renewable energy, and Brooklyn got a new resident in a busy week for the oceans. This week in ocean news ... ... The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation voted to immediately reduce cod bycatch by 40 percent off Canada's eastern coast at its annual meeting ... ... nine Pacific nations concluded Operation Big Eye, a 10-day, $15 million sting on illegal fishing boats. Patrols boarded 38 vessels ... ... ...
Topics: fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Hold the phone Evaluating seafood choices just became a lot easier	Katy Balatero	03 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Wondering whether the seafood entrée you are about to order at a restaurant is environmentally friendly? Pulling the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch Card out of your wallet to check it out is so 2006. Enter FishPhone, a text-messaging service provided by the Blue Ocean Institute. Text 30644 on your cell phone with the message "FISH" and the name of the fish in question, and the BOI will get back to you within seconds. The FishPhone website all ...
Topics: fishing, food, oceans (all these topics)

The Thin Bluefin Line Bluefin tuna population in Mediterranean declining, sushi blamed		02 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 6:16 AM on 02 Oct 2007 The population of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean Sea is plummeting and could be seeing the start of a collapse, warn experts from the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna and the World Wildlife Fund. High-end sushi restaurants in Japan fuel demand for premium catches of the fish, which can net some $15,000 each for the biggest and best. Demand, as ...
Topics: fishing, news, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

This week in ocean news European fisheries 'poor,' island nation Palau rich in corals	Andrew Sharpless	29 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Stakes in the seas are high, but in at least one case, an interest in ocean health can lead to cooperation between unlikely teammates ... ... the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution held an international conference on the possibility of mitigating global warming by seeding the ocean with iron, a controversial procedure which would theoretically boost phytoplankton populations ... ... meanwhile, the scientist behind the theory that the e ...
Topics: climate, fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

The sea turtle hurdle New study shows turtle populations on the decline	Andrew Sharpless	27 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Loggerhead sea turtle nesting subpopulations in the North Atlantic are on the decline, according to a new study released by the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The study, a five-year status review for loggerhead sea turtles required by the Endangered Species Act, confirms what Oceana has been telling the federal government all along. If there is to be any real chance for restoring sea turtle populations, the feder ...
Topics: fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

It's not hot in here, it's just global warming Icy creature populations to deplete as temperatures rise	Andrew Sharpless	25 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Reports are all over the headlines recently of creatures, particularly Arctic and Antarctic marine creatures, being threatened by extinction because the Earth is warming too fast for them or their icy environments to be able to sustain themselves. A colony of Antarctic penguins, for one, could be extinct in as little as eight years, according to one researcher who's been documenting their population since the mid-1970s. Upward of two-thirds of the Arctic polar ...
Topics: fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

So Much for Slow and Steady Loggerhead turtle populations declining		24 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 9:59 AM on 24 Sep 2007 Loggerhead turtle populations rose in the 1990s but are now falling again, according to a recent federal review. Thanks, commercial fishing! source: Associated Press From the Archives We're Just Going Through a Phaseout. Faster phaseout of ozone-damaging chemicals agreed to by 191 nations. The Long, Hot Summit. U.N. climate summit kicks off in New York; Bush preps for ...
Topics: fishing, news, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Illegal sea slugs and undersea webcams This week in ocean news	Andrew Sharpless	21 Sep 2007	Gristmill
the European Union closed the bluefin tuna fishing season in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, calling the stocks 'exhausted' ... a developer proposed dredging up 2.6 million cubic yards of sand from the ocean floor in order to build an artificial beach in Nantucket. The developer will replace the 105 acres of seabed habitat with 28,000 concrete railroad ties over 60 acres ... A New York coastal manager told the state government that its 3,200 miles o ...
Topics: endangered species, fishing, oceans, water pollution, wildlife (all these topics)

Why coal is the enemy of the human race: Reason no. 836,372 Mercury moves from coal plant to fish dinner as fast as its name implies	JMG	19 Sep 2007	Gristmill
A Scientificblogging post explains that it only takes three years for mercury emitted by coal-fired plants to travel up the food chain into fish that we eat: 'Before this study, no one had directly linked atmospheric deposition (mercury emissions) and mercury in fish,' says study co-author Vincent St. Louis of the University of Alberta. The experiment filled a major gap in scientists' understanding of how mercury moves from the atmosphere through forests, soils, lakes an ...
Topics: coal, energy, fishing, food, mercury, toxics (all these topics)

Put the Cure in Mercury Mercury contamination in fish declines when emissions go down		18 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 2:41 PM on 18 Sep 2007 Mercury contamination of waterways and marine life doesn't have to be an ongoing problem -- all we have to do is limit industrial mercury emissions. Easy! After a seven-year experiment in a Canada lake, researchers publishing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences concluded that mercury concentrations in fish would decline relatively quickly if their ecosystem w ...
Topics: coal, fishing, food, health, news, toxics (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
This is a guest essay from Bruce Friedrich, vice president for campaigns at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). It was written in response to Alex Roth's essay "PETA's dogma is all bark and no bite." Friedrich has been an environmental activist for more than 20 years. In 1987, I read Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappé and -- primarily for human rights and environmental reasons -- went vegan. Two decades later, I still believe ...
Topics: agriculture, animal welfare, aquaculture, climate, deforestation, fishing, food, health, sustainable ag, vegetarianism and veganism, waste, water pollution (all these topics)

Boiling lakes and misguided supermodels This week in ocean news	Andrew Sharpless	14 Sep 2007	Gristmill
the U.S. Geological Survey announced that the polar bear population could plummet to one-third of its current level by mid-century because Arctic ice is receding faster than predicted ... a new 350-foot super-ferry designed to go 40 mph between Hawaiian islands concerned scientists, who thought it would collide with whales and dolphins despite new cetacean-avoiding technology ... new DNA studies sugg ...
Topics: endangered species, fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

The week in ocean news A round-up of top ocean stories	Andrew Sharpless	10 Sep 2007	Gristmill
A Manhattan-sized iceberg that had broken off a Canadian island came to a rest in a dead-end Arctic Ocean channel, much to the relief of cargo ships and oil rigs, which may have been threatened by the two-billion-ton berg. A family out sailing in Massachusetts spied a mola mola, a bony sun ...
Topics: fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Who's watching the watchdog? Harassment reports against fishing observers double	Andrew Sharpless	07 Sep 2007	Gristmill
In just one year, attacks have doubled on government observers contracted to collect catch and bycatch information from commercial fishing fleets. Observers are the only independent source of data we have for tracking catches, monitoring quotas and recording harmful activity. They're contracted under NOAA, an agency within the Department of Commerce that conducts environmental research. But the agency has ceased collecting data on reports of harassment or int ...
Topics: fishing, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, oceans (all these topics)

Everyone loves a happy ending One lucky sea turtle released back into the wild	Andrew Sharpless	05 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Four hooks in the throat and belly, three hooks embedded in the skin, two feet of fishing line in the stomach -- one happy ending for a lucky loggerhead sea turtle. After months of rehabilitation, rescuers in Florida finally released a female sea turtle, estimated between 40 and 50 years of age. She took off quickly, according to witnesses, hopefully never to again to be so hooked and entangled. That's an optimistic point of view. Trouble is all the commercia ...
Topics: fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Greenie Get Your Gun Number of hunters and fishers in U.S. has declined since 1996		04 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 7:50 AM on 04 Sep 2007 Wildlife agencies have been scrambling to make up funding shortfalls in the last few years due at least in part to a drop in the number of hunters and fishers and the revenue-generating licenses they buy. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, hunter numbers have declined about 10 percent between 1996 and 2006, down to about 12.5 million from 14 million, due in part to t ...
Topics: fishing, news, sports, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Because whaling is so last season Iceland announces it will reinstate whaling ban next year	Andrew Sharpless	30 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Rejoining the 21st century is Iceland, who after lifting its 10-year-old whaling ban just a year ago, announced it will reinstate the ban for the coming season because the whaling market just isn't as lucrative as it used to be. The Iceland announcement marks a victory for whales, though many obstacles remain. Bycatch still threatens the survival of many smaller whale species and sonar disorients whales, which use sound to communicate and to navigate their migrat ...
Topics: fishing, Iceland, whaling, wildlife (all these topics)

The Shrimp and Petroleum Festival... ... for real	Roz Cummins	30 Aug 2007	Gristmill
It sounds like an unappetizing combination, I know, but it's for real: http://www.shrimp-petrofest.org/
Topics: fishing, food, funnies, Louisiana, oil (all these topics)

Scaling Down Another judge rules that hatchery fish don't count when determining ESA status		17 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Scaling Down Another judge rules that hatchery fish don't count when determining ESA status The federal government does not have to count hatchery fish along with wild fish when deciding whether to protect dwindling Northwest populations under the Endangered Species Act, U.S. District Judge Michael Hogan ruled yesterday. In 2001, Hogan had ruled in favor of builders and farmers, saying that the feds should count hatchery ...
Topics: endangered species, fishing, news (all these topics)

Bring in the Reserves Bush administration expands marine reserves off Southern California		10 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Bring in the Reserves Bush administration expands marine reserves off Southern California Ending eight years of debate and study, the Bush administration yesterday announced the expansion of a network of marine reserves around Southern California's Channel Islands. The move permanently bans recreational fishing in an area of some 150 square miles; nearly 80 percent of the area remains open to sport and comm ...
Topics: California, fishing, George Bush, news, oceans (all these topics)

Sobering fish story Turning the seas into sterile wastelands	JMG	06 Aug 2007	Gristmill
I don't eat meat, or fish, or, as a friend puts it, anything with a face. (This comes up because in the Midwest, when you tell your host you are a vegetarian, you will be asked, 'What about chicken? Do you eat that?' So you need a quick summary that describes the boundaries of your food weirdness.) Occasionally people will assure me that I should be eating fish for the health benefits. After watching an extraordinary documentary feature called Deep Trouble by the BBC, I'm con ...
Topics: fishing, oceans (all these topics)

It's time to cut the bait Too many boats are fishing for too few fish	Andrew Sharpless	03 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Here's a remarkable fact: Global fishery collapse is financed with tax money. You already know that many nations are failing to enforce the laws that are essential to keeping our oceans healthy and abundant forever. Instead, they are presiding over a global ocean collapse. According to a report in Science, 29 percent of the world's commercial fisheries have already collapsed. This is terrible news for the billion people who turn to the ocean for protein, th ...
Topics: fishing, international politics, oceans, politics (all these topics)

The good news is that we're pulling mercury from the ocean The worst good news/bad news tale ever told	JMG	25 Jul 2007	Gristmill
The bad news is that we're doing it by eating the fish that are eating the concentrated mercury in the food chain, further concentrating it in ... us. Mad as hatters we are! This could also have been titled, "Another reason that coal is the enemy of the human race (or at least those members of it that like to eat)."
Topics: mercury, oceans, fishing, toxics, food (all these topics)

Your media at work The continuing quest to find something, anything to bash Gore with	David Roberts	18 Jul 2007	Gristmill
People magazine reports that Al Gore's daughter Sarah just got married, revealing in the course of the article that Chilean sea bass was served at the rehearsal dinner. In the Daily Telegraph, Australian Humane Society Rebecca Keeble writes that 'only one week after Live Earth, Al Gore's green credentials slipped.' Why? Because Chilean sea bass is endangered. ABC politics columnist Jake Tapper, smelling the kind of vapid, gimmicky story upon which his profession thr ...
Topics: endangered species, food, fishing, Al Gore, oceans (all these topics)

West African fisheries being destroyed Unsustainability in the water	Jon Rynn	18 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Poor African countries have been selling their fishing rights to richer countries for years, and now they can neither catch enough fish for their populations nor protect their fisheries from collapsing. In today's Wall Street Journal (behind a subscriber wall), the grim state of affairs is laid out: Wealthy countries subsidize their commercial fishermen to the tune of about $30 billion a year. Their goal is to keep their fishermen on the water. China, for example, provid ...
Topics: oceans, fishing (all these topics)

Page:1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10		Results 76 – 100 of 228

Stories About: fishing