If Seaspiracy persuades you to stop eating fish in order to save the environment, you are completely missing the point

2 weeks, 5 days ago

New study finds ship collisions are top killer for whales

Salon

All the mountains of stuff that we ship across the oceans comes at a price: whale blood. The scientists mapped and quantified movement for four globally distributed large whale species — the blue, fin, humpback and sperm whales — based on 435,000 locations and then related the data to global shipping activity. Climate change is likely to exacerbate the problem, …

Ocean Risk Ship Whale Whales

1 month ago

Thengaithittu fishermen engage in initiative to tackle menace of marine pollution

The Hindu

Fishermen engage in a novel initiative to tackle the menace of marine pollution. Recently, the Department of Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare, had piloted an initiative among Thengaithittu fisher community to tackle the marine pollution challenge. As part of the recent initiative to tackle the menace of marine pollution, the Puducherry Mechanised Fishing Boat Owners Welfare Association instructed everyone plying mechanised …

India Pollution Fisheries Marine Department Initiative Association

1 month ago

It is time to support Pacific Ocean stewards

Al Jazeera

Pacific Island nations are taking the initiative to protect their waters from the impact of climate change, but they cannot do it alone. The sustainable industrial fisheries in the western and central Pacific Ocean, which provide over half of the world’s tuna catch, are starting to collapse as tuna populations are moving east. Across the Pacific, countries like Niue, Fiji, …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Recent whale deaths highlight risks from Antarctica's booming krill fishery

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Taken together, the whale deaths …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

What are you really eating? 1 in 5 seafood products in our study were mislabelled

Salon

If you eat seafood, you could be unknowingly consuming an endangered species without realizing it due to fish mislabelling. For instance, a cheap fish like tilapia may be given the name of a more expensive fish, like red snapper, or an endangered species might be passed off as a better-faring alternative. Searching for mislabelling in Calgary To investigate this issue …

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2 months ago

Critically endangered whale species rebounds slightly

Raw Story

One of the world's rarest whale species has seen a slight population rebound, according to data released Tuesday, though experts warn it remains at serious risk of extinction. The number of North Atlantic right whales rose to 373 in 2023, up four percent from a recent low of 358 individuals in 2020, according to the latest estimates by scientists at …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Humans Are Disgusting’: Internet Fumes Over Fishermen Fighting With Shark Over Tuna

News 18

As humans continue to encroach upon natural habitats, the interactions between people and wildlife have also become more dramatic. The caption, accompanying the video, reads, “A fishing charter crew off the coast of San Diego battled with an opportunistic mako shark in a tense game of tug-of-war over a large tuna.” Watch the viral video here: Since being shared online, …

Food Fish Shark

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Farmers question government's biosecurity commitment after illegal fishing boats caught in Kimberley

ABC

Farmers and fishers in northern Australia say an influx of illegal fishing boats poses a significant biosecurity risk the government is failing to address. "We've got a massive coastline up there, I think the issue of illegal fishing is attracting the attention of Border Force, and I think it shows that if Border Force are concerned, they will intercept and …

Local Border Fishing Need Think Force Kimberley

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Bottom-feeding sea cucumbers may seem unimportant, but without these weirdos our oceans might die

Salon

From their bizarre name to their blobby worm shape to the fact that its anus is also a mouth, sea cucumbers are some of the most outlandish things in the ocean. "Sea cucumbers are invertebrates that predominantly feed on detritus and other organic matter and excrete inorganic nitrogen and phosphorous, these helps to reduce the acidity in the ocean and …

World Pollution Ocean Species Help Sea Salon

4 months, 4 weeks ago

People’s report puts Periyar fish kill loss at over ₹41 crore

The Hindu

A people’s report prepared by representatives of local residents and environmental activists and experts on the mass fill kill in the Periyar in May, has attributed the incident to industrial pollution of the river and called for, among other steps, the immediate restoration of a healthy river ecology, payment of compensation to fishermen who have lost fishing days and fish …

Fisheries Study Periyar Fish Kill

5 months ago

Cage fish farming damages: Fishermen seek compensation

The Hindu

The flooding of Netravathi due to heavy rain accompanied with wind over the last four days has resulted in loss of over ₹20 lakh to four fishermen engaged in cage fish farming at the river near Jeppu Ferry Road in the city, according to fish farmers. The four fishermen lost ₹8.9 lakh worth of seabass and 14 cages worth ₹11.6 …

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5 months ago

Centre’s intervention sought to end U.S. ban on Indian wild-caught shrimp

The Hindu

The Kerala Region Latin Catholic Association has urged the Union government to intervene and lift the U.S. ban on Indian wild-caught shrimp. Indian shrimp has been banned in the U.S. owing to concerns that unregulated fishing practices in India had lead to incidental capture and injury of marine turtles in trawl nets. The KRLCA’s Coastal Area Development Agency for Liberation …

India Indian State Ban

54 years, 11 months ago

Why your Mediterranean beach vacation might be bad for your health

CNN

Ostia, Italy CNN — The Mediterranean Sea may evoke images of luxurious beach holidays, scrumptious seafood meals and endless sandy beaches, but this body of water is increasingly toxic. Egypt, which contributes 0.25 million tons of plastic that ends up in the Mediterranean, is the worst offender, the group says, followed by Turkey, which contributes 0.11 million tons and Italy, …

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5 months ago

Indian seafood industry should brace for challenges ahead, say scientists

The Hindu

Scientists speaking to trawl boat owners in Kochi on Thursday at a workshop focused on installing Turtle Extruder Devices to overcome a U.S. market ban on Indian wild-caught shrimp highlighted more challenges ahead for the Indian seafood industry. The Marine Mammal Protection Act will require all countries exporting seafood to the U.S. market to adhere to the prescribed marine bycatch …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Would you try it? More than 70 people line up to eat ‘prehistoric’ fish caught of North Carolina coast

The Independent

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Marine conservation a common cause: China Daily editorial

China Daily

Restored corals grow around reefs near Fenjiezhou Island, Hainan province. The white paper on "Marine Eco-Environmental Protection in China" that the State Council Information Office issued on Thursday undoubtedly shows China's commitment to carrying out all-round cooperation to protect the marine ecology and environment. China attaches great importance to the marine eco-environment, and it has introduced strict management systems and …

China Protection Marine Countries Sea

5 months, 3 weeks ago

A third of sharks are threatened with extinction. Here’s what one man is doing to help

CNN

Miami, Florida CNN — Diego Cardeñosa has loved sharks ever since he was a child. “How can you tell whether a shark fin that is coming into the country is legal or illegal, is from a species that is regulated or not regulated?” Cardeñosa, along with fellow FIU adjunct professor Demian Chapman, came up with a portable DNA kit that …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

No shield required: ‘Captain America’ star Anthony Mackie’s own super power is swimming with sharks

Associated Press

When National Geographic approached Anthony Mackie with an opportunity to swim with sharks to kick off its SharkFest programming, it was an easy yes for the Marvel star who is the new Captain America. I swam with a blue whale off the coast of Cape Town.” For “Shark Beach with Anthony Mackie,” debuting Sunday, he wanted cameras to visit the …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Large whale group spotted off New England includes orca eating a tuna, dozens of endangered species

Associated Press

A large number of whales visiting the waters off New England included an uncommon sighting of an orca eating a tuna and an unusually large group of an endangered species of whale, scientists said. The sightings do not necessarily represent 161 individual whales, because observers could be sighting the same animal more than once, said Teri Frady, the chief of …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Sustainable aquaculture nets responsible catch

China Daily

Workers check the status of aquaculture ponds at Changyi Haijingzhou Biotechnology Co in Changyi, Shandong province. CHINA DAILY A small city on China's eastern coast is championing sustainable fish farming practices by recycling wastewater, promoting the proper use of fish drugs and releasing fish to support the recovery of wild species. Guo Kaikai, an official from Changyi's Marine Industry Development …

Water Fish System Farm Shandong Province Changyi Responsible Catch

6 months, 1 week ago

Sustainable aquaculture nets responsible catch

China Daily

Workers check the status of aquaculture ponds at Changyi Haijingzhou Biotechnology Co in Changyi, Shandong province. CHINA DAILY A small city on China's eastern coast is championing sustainable fish farming practices by recycling wastewater, promoting the proper use of fish drugs and releasing fish to support the recovery of wild species. Guo Kaikai, an official from Changyi's Marine Industry Development …

Water Fish System Farm Shandong Province Changyi Sustainable Aquaculture

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Why your salmon sandwich is disastrous for the environment – but saving the economy

The Telegraph

Certification is a persistent problem. The RSPCA Assured label, under whose banner almost 100 per cent of Scottish salmon is farmed, has come in for particular criticism. In an interview with The Times in March, he said “it is time farmed salmon was taken out of our seas and off our tables for good: for the health of fish, people …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

More aquatic animals were farmed than fished in 2022, for the first time ever

The Hindu

The total global volume of fish, shrimp, clams and other aquatic animals that are harvested by farming has topped the amount fished in the wild from the world's waters for the first time ever, the United Nations reported on June 8. The U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organisation, in its latest report on fisheries and aquaculture, says the global catch and …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Fish kill spotlights pangs of Periyar

The Hindu

It was the changing colour of the water that first caught the attention of veteran paddy cultivator-cum-fish farmer E.J. Soon he realised there was something seriously wrong as news spread of mass fish death in the in the Pathalam-Edayar segment — an industrial area — of the Periyar by May 21 afternoon. While fishermen sustained unquantified loss of stocks, farmers …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Japan is determined to keep hunting whales. And now it has a brand new ‘mothership’ to do that

CNN

Hong Kong/Tokyo CNN — Wearing a toy whale hat, whale tie and a whale motif shirt, Hideki Tokoro spends much of his days thinking about the world’s largest mammals. Iceland, which has fiercely defended commercial whaling, said it would end whaling in 2024, citing falling demand for whale meat as well as “high operation costs and little proof of any …

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7 months ago

Pollution ‘kills’ spirit of cage fish farmers

New Indian Express

KOCHI: The day dawned presenting a grizzly sight for the people residing in the industrial stretch of Ernakulam district, comprising places like Edayar, Eloor, Varapuzha, Kothad, Kadamakudy, Cheranallore and Kottuvally, with tonnes of dead fish floating in their fish farms and Periyar river nearby. Most of the affected farmers are those who had taken up cage fish farming buoyed by …

Cage Fish Farmers Hamin

8 months ago

Oysters: The luxury delicacy that was once a fast-food fad

BBC

Oysters: The luxury delicacy that was once a fast-food fad Getty Images As the US leapfrogged through industrialisation, many of its urban workers were fed on a modern delicacy: oysters. But the size and number of wild North American oysters surprised the first European visitors – Englishman George Percy, who landed in the Chesapeake Bay in 1607, said they were …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Would you try an anchovy lasagne? Scientists say swapping red meat for cheap, oily fish could save up to 750,000 lives a year globally

Daily Mail

The idea of eating an anchovy lasagne or a herring Wellington might not sound too appealing. Researchers say that eating sardines, herrings and anchovies instead of red meat could save up to 750,000 lives a year globally. But a new study is calling for meat-lovers to ditch their favourite red meat in favour of cheap, oily fish Non-communicable disease linked …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Maine fishermen caught more fish in 2023, thanks to a hunger relief program and COVID funds

Associated Press

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine fishermen bucked yearslong, industrywide trends last year and caught more fish, a development regulators and industry members said shows the impact of COVID-19 relief funds. Federal money also supported the Fishermen Feeding Mainers program, which buys fish to support food banks and schools. “It’s important work and a positive story; fishermen were able to keep working, …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Climate change pushes Malaysia’s coastal fishermen away from the sea

Al Jazeera

Going to sea in small boats has become increasingly risky as the weather becomes unpredictable. Gelang Patah, Malaysia – On an overcast morning six years ago, Mohammad Ridhwan Mohd Yazid was on his way back to Malaysia’s southern Johor coast when his small fishing boat was caught in a sudden storm. Such fishermen are estimated to make up about 65 …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Want to make sure your seafood is sustainable? Here's how : Life Kit : NPR

NPR

Do you love seafood? Ask the right questions Let's say you're at a restaurant or the fresh fish counter at the supermarket and you want to get the salmon — but you're not sure whether it's sustainable. In addition to Seafood Watch, you can find information about sustainable fish on the NOAA's FishWatch site or the Environmental Defense Fund's Seafood …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Living up to their 'killer' name! Watch the 'astonishing' moment an orca individually kills and consumes a great white shark within just two minutes

Daily Mail

When it comes to the ocean's apex predator, the great white shark most likely springs to mind. For the first time, a killer whale has been seen individually killing and consuming a great white shark – and within just two minutes. For the first time, a killer whale has been seen individually killing and consuming a great white shark – …

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10 months ago

7 Health Benefits Of Fish

The Quint

Lowers the risk of heart attacks and strokes Heart attacks and strokes are the two most common causes of premature death in the world. People who eat fish regularly have a lower risk of heart attacks, strokes, and death from heart disease. Fatty types of fish are considered even more beneficial for heart health due to their high omega-3 fatty …

Heart Fish Heart Attacks Eat

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Sharks and whales: there's something else in the ocean you should really be paying attention to.

Slate

Last fall, I found myself on a whale watching tour of the waters around New York City. In 2018, picking up on the importance of small fish, New York pushed the industrial-scale menhaden fishery to the other side of the “5-mile line,” meaning fish could be harvested only from outside state waters. “It’s just vast, vast unimaginable quantities of removal …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

We've got orcas all wrong and it's killing them

Salon

In November, killer whales again made headlines after sinking their fourth boat in the Strait of Gibraltar in two years. One 1937 killer whale encounter was described as “a tale of murder and marine slaughter,” even though the orcas were only hunting seals and no humans were harmed. The violent reaction traces back to the earliest documented interactions between humans …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Most money for endangered species goes to a small number of creatures, leaving others in limbo

LA Times

A flower from a shrub known as marrón bacora in March 2021. More than half the species protected under the Endangered Species Act are plants, but the entire plant kingdom was almost excluded from the landmark conservation law when it was adopted in 1973, according to the Congressional Record and Faith Campbell, who interviewed people involved in the bill’s passage …

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1 year ago

日本海岸出现大量死鱼官员称原因尚不清楚

China Daily

近日，日本三重县志摩市波切渔港发现大量死鱼冲上岸边，死鱼多到渔船寸步难行。当地渔业工作者正在进行回收处理。 Officials in Japan have admitted they are struggling to determine why hundreds of tonnes of fish have washed ashore in recent days. 由于担心死鱼会腐烂破坏海洋环境，降低水中氧气含量，当地渔民们争相打捞这些鱼。离奇死鱼引渔民担忧当地渔民表示，第一次见这么多死鱼漂浮在海面上，并担忧短期内频繁出现大量死鱼可能意味着海洋生态系统正在发生变化。 “I’ve never seen anything like this before,” a fisher who has worked in the area for 25 years told the Mainichi Shimbun. It makes me wonder if the marine ecosystem is changing.” 一位在该地区工作了25年的渔民告诉日本每日新闻社，“我以前从未见过这样的事情。直到去年左右，我们才开始在波切捕到寿南小沙丁鱼。这让我怀疑海洋生态系统是否正在发生变化。” 日官员称尚不清楚原因 …

Fish Hokkaido

1 year ago

All the Fish We Cannot See

Wired

This story originally appeared in Hakai and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It wasn’t until 1945, when oceanographer Martin Johnson dropped nets into the Pacific to take a closer look, that the culprit was definitively unmasked: a vast cloud of marine animals, most smaller than a human hand, that moved from the deep ocean to the surface and …

Fish Deep Ocean

1 year, 1 month ago

Cookie-cutter sharks can make a snack out of anything, even apex predators.

Slate

This essay is excerpted from Cake Zine’s fourth volume, “Tough Cookie.” Cake Zine is an independent print publication exploring society through sweets. Off the coast of New Zealand, the back of nearly every blue whale is dimpled with milky white constellations of scars from prior cookie-cutter shark bites. Occasionally, very occasionally, people become cookies, too: On separate occasions in 2019, …

Navy Water Cookies Shark Sharks Flesh

1 year, 1 month ago

Opinion: What kind of seafood is morally ethical to eat?

LA Times

Do you like cod, shrimp, salmon, crab or pollock? If so, you’ve likely been served or sold seafood caught by Indonesian forced-labor victims on Chinese vessels or processed in China by Uyghurs, a cultural, racial and religious minority that faces systematic repression. The United States should deny countries access to the American market unless imported seafood is accompanied with documentation …

Seafood Ocean Fish Chinese

1 year, 1 month ago

Japanese consumers are eating more local fish in spite of China’s ban due to Fukushima wastewater

Associated Press

IWAKI, Japan — Local fishing communities feared the worst when the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant began discharging treated radioactive wastewater into the sea. I’ve been checking sampling results and I trust them.” The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant started releasing treated and diluted radioactive wastewater into the sea on Aug. 24. China’s seafood ban and reports of its impact …

Safety China Local Water Discharge Ban Release

1 year, 1 month ago

New ideas floated to curb carbon

China Daily

Hundreds of solar panels of a photovoltaic plant float on a reservoir in Liaocheng, Shandong province. ZHANG ZHENGXIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY River course Shandong has ramped up its efforts on green development in various sectors from grassroots initiatives to provincial-level projects, and established a pilot zone for green, low-carbon and high-quality development, the first of its kind in the country. After …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Decline of rare right whale appears to be slowing, but scientists say big threats remain

The Independent

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Population Whale Whales Fishing Gear Threats Remain

1 year, 2 months ago

Mystery as half-eaten great white shark washes up on beach

The Independent

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1 year, 2 months ago

Whales and dolphins in American waters are losing food and habitat to climate change, US study says

Associated Press

PORTLAND, Maine — Whales, dolphins and seals living in U.S. waters face major threats from warming ocean temperatures, rising sea levels and decreasing sea ice volumes associated with climate change, according to a first-of-its-kind assessment. The scientists found large whales such as humpbacks and North Atlantic right whales were among the most vulnerable to climate change, and that other toothed …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Mystery behind killer whales killing porpoises without eating them finally unravelled

The Independent

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1 year, 2 months ago

"I am an artisan": Chef Eric Ripert on meditation, demystifying seafood and his next chapters

Salon

Chef Eric Ripert is a venerable titan within the restaurant industry — and beyond. "32 Yolks" is one of my favorite books, and you mention it of course in there, but I would love to know just a little bit about your earliest memories of food, fishing, cooking. Now, I know it's hard to go to the market and to …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Editorial: Humanity almost killed off California’s sea otters. It’s time to help them again

LA Times

California’s sea otters were once hunted to the brink of extinction. The agency’s finding against delisting was based on the animals’ exposure to harmful pathogens, habitat loss and other threats that are being exacerbated by climate change and will “most likely reduce the ability of the species to sustain itself in the future.” It’s right for wildlife officials to be …

Climate Change California Species Help Coast Sea Northern California

1 year, 3 months ago

Climate change takes habitat from big fish, the ocean’s key predators

Associated Press

PORTLAND, Maine — This year’s marine heat waves and spiking ocean temperatures foretell big changes in the future for some of the largest fish in the sea, such as sharks, tunas and swordfish. Species of large fish such as marlin and skipjack live in areas that are among the fastest warming ocean regions, projected to increase by up to 10 …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Climate change takes habitat from big fish, the ocean's key predators

The Independent

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