WaterNotes

Lilo & Stitch is one of Disney’s most charming tales and one of my favorites since I identify so strongly with stubborn, imaginative, headstrong and fish-loving Lilo.  In the opening scenes you see her feed an orange reef fish a peanut butter sandwich, and then go on to explain to her dance instructor why Pudge [...]

GOOD magazine has a serious love for infographics and I happen to adore their latest on sustainable seafood. Created using the same information you and I use all the time from Monterey Bay’s Seafood Watch Program, they came up with a fun.. if large.. pictorial to follow.  Even if its no more portable than the [...]

TED had such a positive response to Dan Barber’s talk on sustainable seafood when it released to the website that they’ve followed it up with a lovely question and answer session over on their ‘blog.  Check it out, lots of good bits to ruminate over and consider for our food future.  (Yes, that was a [...]

It was well over a year ago that I first heard Dan Barber, an immense figure in the foodie and chef sustainability circles, expound the virtues of foie gras “with integrity”. At this year’s TED he spoke on a topic even closer to home – sustainable seafood – and a particular fish that he [...]

Oceana has brilliantly proposed a single question in their newest report Hungry Oceans: “What happens when the prey species are gone?” While most ocean conservationists are taking a serious look at the impact commerical fishing is having on the large predatory fish (like say bluefin tuna) we’ve forgotten that many of the largest fisheries [...]

In the world of marine conservation, marine protected areas (MPAs) are regarded as a necessary fortification against species and habitat loss. They are, effectively, oasis in the ocean should it ever become an actual barren desert. However, it wasnt until recently that researchers were able to say with clarity that such areas were [...]

File this under potentially disastrous.  The Washington Post noted today that the FDA has a draft report circulating that reverses years of suggested limits on seafood consumption for women and children based on concerns over mercury contamination.  Instead, the draft suggests that women and kids should eat more seafood, claiming that the benefits of a diet inclusive of [...]