Category Archives: ocean
Tuna Cakes with Blackberry and Peach Salsa By Calm Eats
Joe and I have been so fortunate to meet Daniela Modesto with Calm Eats. She has created a beautiful recipe for our Good Food Award winning Mediterranean canned albacore. This recipe is Whole 30 and Paleo . Calm Eats St. … Continue reading
Not so micro
The microbeads in so many popular facial scrubs just happen to resemble miniature fish eggs. People scrub their skin with the cleansers, rinse, and the beads go down the drain, adding to global pollution of oceans, lakes and rivers and … Continue reading
Waste not
Old sayings are repeated because they are so true, and one of our favorites is, “Waste not, want not.” Zoe Mintz of International Business Times reports on the nine fisheries that waste almost a half billion seafood meals each year … Continue reading
Wicked?
It’s not the tuna that’s wicked. Tonight is the season premiere of Wicked Tuna. National Geographic describes the show: “Fishing is a hard life, and harder with bluefin stocks depleted…. Over the next 10 weeks, the most skilled fishermen will … Continue reading
Nature
Bankrupting Nature compares financial bubbles and crises to the depletion of natural resources – and that includes oceans: “Depletion of fisheries in world’s oceans is particularly serious. Research reports have determined that by the middle of this century the world … Continue reading
Year’s end
The entire crew of F/V St. Jude wishes everyone beautiful holidays, a merry Christmas and a perfect 2013! Photo of rescue tug courtesy of Johnny Durnan and Wikimedia Commons.
Climate change matters
It matters for people who live along or love the water, who earn their livelihoods from the sea. The boats that have not been secured have been swallowed by waves as high as 45 feet off Long Island Sound. The … Continue reading
High seas
The high seas, beyond the 12-nautical-mile exclusive zone established by international treaty, belong to no one and everyone. Because the seas are part of the commons, “no nation invests enough in offering them the protection they deserve, even though they … Continue reading
Beachcombing
Coming to a beach near you: Debris from the March 2011 tsunami now approaches the shores of North America. “[G]overnment officials and independent experts agree radioactive material is not likely to be a concern,” reports Sandi Doughton for The Seattle Times. … Continue reading
Under stress
Oceans are under stress, notes the World Bank: The oceans are huge commons, with less than 2 percent legally protected. About 85 percent of fish stocks is fully exploited, overexploited, depleted or recovering. About 1 billion people in developing countries … Continue reading