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Shark Finning Photos Reveal Extreme Reality
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TAIWAN — A recent investigation allowed Pew Environmental Group to gather shocking images of the Chinese shark fin industry in action. The photos reveal the process of the shark fin market from the boat to the processing plant with all showing a grueling display of cruelty to sharks. Taiwan Fisheries Agency signed a ban on shark finning beginning next year. However, the irony of the ban allows sharks to still be hunted, yet fishermen are required to return to land with sharks’ fins intact. Too small a step toward ending this inhumane act? You decide.
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Top 3 Sustainable Seafood Apps
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On a recent jaunt to Whole Foods I was delighted to see the company’s seafood was all labeled as either “best choice” “good alternative” or “avoid.” I’d never seen a seafood counter offer sustainability rankings let alone a system that put bright green (“best choice”) yellow (“good alternative”) and red (“avoid”) stickers next to the price.
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Recreational Fishing Alliance reports on blogs and tweets from the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) convention in Miami
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The Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) met this week in Miami, where James Bruggers and other anointed bloggers and Tweeters kept active by reporting in 140-charcter blips from the SEJ panel events. One blogger Imelda Albano, President of Phil Network of Environmental Journalists, Inc. said of the event via the SEJ Twitter feed, “an excellent venue for env't journalists from West and South to learn from each other in making our society a sustainable one.”
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FishWatch and FishChoice Work Together on Sustainable Seafood
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FishChoice, a nonprofit dedicated to helping the seafood supply chain buy and sell sustainable seafood, will begin featuring FishWatch and Fish Stock Sustainability Index (FSSI) scores, programs of NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service, or NOAA Fisheries, as part of the information resources on sustainable seafood available at FishChoice.com.
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New England Seacoast seeing harbor seal die-off, cause unknown
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RYE — A total of 94 harbor seals have washed up along the New England coast from Maine to just north of Boston since Sept. 1, and officials have no idea why, according to a spokesperson from the New England Aquarium in Boston.
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