Spurred by consumer concerns, more grocers and suppliers are committing to sustainable seafood programs.
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Sustainable seafood is no flash in the frying pan. All across the United
States, supermarket operators and the companies that supply them are
rolling out stringent programs to ensure that the product they offer
green-minded consumers is as eco-friendly as possible.
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Acidic oceans threaten fish
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Ocean acidification — caused by climate change — looks likely to damage crucial fish stocks. Two studies published today in Nature Climate Change reveal that high carbon dioxide concentrations can cause death and organ damage in very young fish.
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Nature Conservancy Buys Fishing Permit for Port Clyde Sector
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A conservation advocacy group hopes to persuade many more of Maine's groundfishermen to join a program which it says is designed to help secure sustainable fish populations and fishing communities. And, as Tom Porter reports, it hopes to do this be offering them more fish to catch.
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Feds: bluefin tuna probably OK after BP oil spill
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal analysis shows that last year's BP oil spill probably won't push the troubled bluefin tuna population in the Gulf of Mexico population over the edge as some scientists had worried.
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Fishermen, farming, mining groups decry ocean zoning
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A national alliance of fishing groups, including the Gloucester-based Northeast Seafood Coalition, and advocates for the nation's farmers, ranchers, builders and miners have urged Congress to negate President Obama's National Ocean Policy, rolled out in 2010 via executive order.
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