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More People Eating Alternative Fish as Fish Fight Gains Momentum in the UK

5:22 am in botanical, Business & Politics, endangered species list, ethical, fish, food, Food & Health, sustainable by TreeHugger

need-help.jpg Photo: channel4 In January, national treasure, chef and writer Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall spearheaded a campaign called "Fish Fight" in response to the "insane waste" caused by North Sea fishermen throwing back almost a million dead and dying fish every year. He had a series of t.v. shows, a themed week at a department store and a petition to the Europe...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Mysterious Orange Goo on Alaskan Shores Turns Out to Be Possibly Toxic Fish Eggs

2:32 pm in alaska, biology, fish, Science & Technology by TreeHugger

kivalina-orange-goo-eggs.jpg Photo: Quinn Dombrowski under a Creative Commons license. This one sounds like the beginning of a B movie- last week, the residents of Kivalina, Alaska were surprised to find a mysterious orange goo washing up on their shores. It was determined that the goo was neither man-made nor petroleum based, and it soon dried up and blew away in the wind. So what was the goo, and how did it end up on Alaskan shores? Turns out it was a ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Atlantic Salmon Returns to Credit River After 100-Year Absence

3:43 pm in animals, canada, fish, ontario, Science & Technology by TreeHugger

sockeye-salmon-photo Photo: Flickr, CC Because we can't write only about bad news... While it seems like Pacific salmon off the West coast of Canada is in serious trouble (and scientists who study it are possibly getting muzzled), there are some good news coming from the other end of the country. After an absence of more than 100 years, Atlantic salmon are finally coming back in good numbers to Credit River in On...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Is the Canadian Government Muzzling a Scientist Over a West Coast Salmon Collapse Study?

1:20 pm in animals, canada, fish, News, oceans, Science & Technology, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

sockeye-salmon-photo Photo: Wikipedia, CC The Privy Council Office Doesn't Want This in the Media Kristi Miller is the head of a $6-million salmon-genetics project at the federal Pacific Biological Station on Vancouver Island. In January, the prestigious journal Science published some of her findings to great acclaim. "The journal considered the work so significant it notified 'over 7,400' journalists worldwide about Miller's 'Suffering Salmon' study." The media started to line up for interviews via the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, but strangely...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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WhichFish.org Lists Fish that are Safe to Eat

3:59 pm in animals, fish, Food & Health, oceans, Science & Technology, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

whichfish-to-eat-photo Image: Whichfish.org Screen grab Don't Be Part of the Problem There are many good ways to figure out which species of fish are under pressure - or even facing extinction - and which are 'ok' to eat. The most popular is probably the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch app for iPhone and Android. The Marine Conservation Society also has a site called FishOnline, as does Read the full story on TreeHugger

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More Than Half of Tuna Species Facing Extinction, But Over-Fishing Them is "Too Profitable" to Stop…

3:10 pm in animals, fish, Food & Health, oceans, Science & Technology, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

tuna-fish-market-photo Photo: Flickr, CC Sh.. Just Got Real As we've written about previously, tuna's in trouble, and it's not just limited to one species and/or one geographical region. A new study conducted by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and published in the prestigious journal Science found that 5 out of the 8 tu...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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How Much Plastic Do Fish Ingest?

3:20 pm in fish, oceans, pollution, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

plastic waste oceans pollution photo Photo: M_ WalzEriksson Our world is becoming more and more plastic each year. From toys to packaging to gadgets and bags, it's not just that we produce more than 250 million tons each year around the world, but it's the fact that little of what we produce is ever recycled, so much of it ends up littering our planet. Specifically, the oceans have ended up becoming a Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Forbes Lists Most Shark Infested Beaches

4:03 am in beaches, fish, oceans, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

shark attack photo Photo: baking by sweetheartcupcake, snapped by crab rangoon Last year, 2010, was the most dangerous year on record when it comes to shark attacks. On the heels of a scientific paper detailing the first documented attack on a human by a cookiecutter shark, Forbes has shared a list of the most shark infested beaches. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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First Cookiecutter Shark Attack on Humans Documented Scientifically

5:50 am in beaches, fish, oceans, tourism, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

Cookiecutter sharks have the largest teeth photo Photo: Sharkdivers blogspot A paper published in the June edition of Pacific Science details the "First documented attack on a live human by a cookiecutter shark". Pictured above, the cookiecutter shark uses large teeth fixed in its bottom jaw to bite out a cookie-cutter shaped piece of flesh from its victim. They might be better named "melonballer" sharks based on their suspected modus operandi:...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Jumping Gulf Sturgeon Injuring Florida Boaters (Video)

1:47 pm in boats, fish, florida, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

photo gulf sturgeon jumping florida Image Credit: FWC This is happening in Florida, and involves flying sturgeon, not Asian carp. As highlighted by the trustworthy news source fishingcrap.blogspot.com: The recent injury of two boaters by jumping gulf sturgeon brings the toll to 11 in the state this summer, according to more established news sources like The Gainesville Sun. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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