Tag: "sustainable fishing"

Chilean Sea Bass. Photo Credit: U.S. FDA.

Seafood Labeling Fraud: Chilean Sea Bass

Emily Tripp Senior Writer Clemson University population biologist Peter Marko and his colleagues Holly Nance and Kimberly Guynn, have found discrepancies among certified Chilean sea bass.  Some fish sold in stores do not come from areas that are certified as sustainable.  What’s worse is that some fish are not even Chilean sea bass at all. [...]

NOAA Fisheries - Office of Law Enforcement

Fine and Penalty for False Reporting in Alaskan Fishery

Members of the Alaskan fishing vessel Trident have been heavily fined and penalized for falsely reporting areas fished by the vessel on five trips.

Bluefish - Photo from Big Island '05 album

Four Stocks of Fish Have Been Rebuilt for Sustainable Fishing

NOAA’s Fisheries Service reported to Congress that four stocks have been rebuilt to allow for continued sustainable fishing.

Drowned albatros caught on a fishing line

Ocean Friendly Eating

(This article was originally published on OceanLines on August 13, 2008.) About a year and a half ago I started carrying around an extra card in my wallet and about a year and a half ago was the last time I ate Chilean Sea Bass. In my favorite class of junior year, The Oceans, my [...]

SeaWeb – Connect With the Science

(This article was originally published on OceanLines on August 6, 2007.) Its name is a good one. It conveys both the net-centric presence of the organization as well as its elegantly woven tapestry of marine issues and analysis. I came across SeaWeb while researching an article on sustainable fisheries and felt like I’d hit the [...]

A Wounded Population May Help Heal Human Wounds

(This article was originally published on OceanLines on July 23, 2007.) As if the sheer joy of eating them wasn’t enough reason to redouble efforts to save our lobster populations, scientists have discovered that a chemical in lobster (and crabs and shrimp) shells may be able to accelerate the healing of human wounds. This contribution [...]