seafood

Film Reveals Global Scourge of Salmon Aquaculture

Posted Tue, Feb 16, 2010 by Emily Fisher to alex munoz, aquaculture, chile, farmed salmon, infectious salmon anemia, norway, salmon escapes, seafood

Today marks the global launch of a short documentary exposé from the Pure Salmon Campaign about the damaging effects of salmon farms worldwide. “Farmed Salmon Exposed: The Global Reach of the Norwegian Salmon Farming Industry” reveals the environmental, socioeconomic and cultural effects of salmon aquaculture. The film includes appearances by Alex Muñoz and Dr. Matthias Gorny from Oceana in Chile, and Oceana board member Dr. Daniel Pauly.

Watch the film below and pass it on to your friends and family.

 

Wha? Wednesday: Bluefin for Sale

Posted Wed, Jan 6, 2010 by Emily Fisher to bluefin tuna, fish, japan, seafood, sushi, tokyo, toro, tsukiji market, wha wednesday, whale wednesday

bluefin tuna

As you know, Wednesdays are normally devoted to blogging about the latest whale news. But I’ve redubbed today’s post in honor of yesterday's news about a certain sleek giant of the sea who continues to fetch exorbitant auction prices as it heads toward extinction. It makes you go, “Wha?”

Yesterday, a 513-pound bluefin tuna sold for $177,000 -- the most since 2001 -- in an auction at Tokyo’s famous fish market.

Ironically, the sale took place amid a decline in Japanese tuna consumption due to the nation’s worst recession since World War II.

So as Tokyo’s fish market representatives fret over how to keep c